Chapter 9 of Perch of the Devil is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Perch of the Devil is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“All right. Jimminy, but they’re clever!” He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration. “But you are cleverer. I’ve always sworn by you.
Chapter 9 of Perch of the Devil is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of delighted approval and liking
From this reading “He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.”
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading “He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.”
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading “He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.”
comparative of “calm” — not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading “He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.”
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading “Jimminy, but they’re clever!””
comparative of “clever” — showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading ““But you are cleverer.”
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
From this reading “He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.”
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading “I’ve always sworn by you.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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a feeling of delighted approval and liking
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “All right.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I’ve always sworn by you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “But you are cleverer.
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Jimminy, but they’re clever!”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I’ve always sworn by you.
comparative of “calm” — not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading Jimminy, but they’re clever!”
comparative of “clever” — showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading “But you are cleverer.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve always sworn by you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jimminy, but they’re clever!”
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right.
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading I’ve always sworn by you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jimminy, but they’re clever!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was calmer and his astute legal brain was moved to admiration.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “But you are cleverer.
Chapter 9 of Perch of the Devil by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 9 holds 406 sentences of Perch of the Devil, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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