Chapter 34 of Orley Farm is here in full — 360 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of Orley Farm is here in full — 360 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION. As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great. Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth. No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.
Chapter 34 of Orley Farm is here in full — 360 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “back” — the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
From this reading “MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION.”
past form of “badger” — annoy persistently
From this reading “No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.”
inflected form of “bully” — be bossy towards
From this reading “No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.”
cause fear in
From this reading “Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.”
break down
From this reading “MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION.”
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading “As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.”
an unhappy and worried mental state
From this reading “As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.”
the act of testing something
From this reading “As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
plural of “back” — the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
From this reading MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION.
past form of “badger” — annoy persistently
From this reading No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
inflected form of “bully” — be bossy towards
From this reading No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
cause fear in
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION.
resulting from one's intentions
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
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From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
break down
From this reading MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
not any; not one
From this reading No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION.
an unhappy and worried mental state
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
the act of testing something
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
precisely as stated
From this reading As the day of the trial drew nigh, the perturbation of poor John Kenneby's mind became very great.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Moulder had not intended to frighten him, but had thought it well to put him up to what he believed to be the truth.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading No doubt he would be badgered and bullied.
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