Chapter 3 of She Would Be a Soldier is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of She Would Be a Soldier is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OFFICER. Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt. CHRISTINE. [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences. I am guilty.
Chapter 3 of She Would Be a Soldier is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “consequence” — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading “[_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.”
carefully weighed
From this reading “[_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.”
the muscle tone of healthy tissue
From this reading “[_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.”
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading “Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.”
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
From this reading “I am guilty.”
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “OFFICER.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.”
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading “[_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHRISTINE.
plural of “consequence” — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
carefully weighed
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
the muscle tone of healthy tissue
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
the state of having committed an offense
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
From this reading I am guilty.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
engage in
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
come together
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading OFFICER.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
(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 [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
in the company of; together with
From this reading [_With settled firmness._] I have considered it well, and am ready to meet the consequences.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have a care, pause before you make this avowal of your guilt.
Chapter 3 of She Would Be a Soldier by M. M. (Mordecai Manuel) Noah holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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