Chapter 2 of Sleeping Fires: a Novel is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Sleeping Fires: a Novel is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Moreover she had made a venomous enemy. What would Howard say? What would he do to the wretch? Horsewhip him? Would he stop to think of scandal?
Chapter 2 of Sleeping Fires: a Novel is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an opposing military force
From this reading “Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.”
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading “What would Howard say?”
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading “Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.”
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
From this reading “Would he stop to think of scandal?”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “Would he stop to think of scandal?”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Would he stop to think of scandal?”
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
From this reading “Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.”
performs some wicked deed
From this reading “What would he do to the wretch?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What would he do to the wretch?
an opposing military force
From this reading Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What would he do to the wretch?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Horsewhip him?
a whip for controlling horses
From this reading Horsewhip him?
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading What would Howard say?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Would he stop to think of scandal?
express in words
From this reading What would Howard say?
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
From this reading Would he stop to think of scandal?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Would he stop to think of scandal?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What would he do to the wretch?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Would he stop to think of scandal?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What would he do to the wretch?
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
From this reading Moreover she had made a venomous enemy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What would Howard say?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What would Howard say?
performs some wicked deed
From this reading What would he do to the wretch?
Chapter 2 of Sleeping Fires: a Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 2 holds 414 sentences of Sleeping Fires: a Novel, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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