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Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Don't be angry, Bobby. The situation is serious enough to excuse facts. You must go to the Cedars to-night. Do you understand? You must go, in spite of Paredes, in spite of everything."
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 80/155 · 5 reading units · Lines 396–400
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “Don't be angry, Bobby.”
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading “Don't be angry, Bobby.”
plural of “cedar” — any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
From this reading “You must go to the Cedars to-night.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.”
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.”
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading “The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.”
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading “You must go, in spite of Paredes, in spite of everything."”
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.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading Don't be angry, Bobby.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Don't be angry, Bobby.
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading Don't be angry, Bobby.
plural of “cedar” — any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
From this reading You must go to the Cedars to-night.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you understand?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't be angry, Bobby.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading You must go, in spite of Paredes, in spite of everything."
accept an excuse for
From this reading The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading You must go to the Cedars to-night.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You must go, in spite of Paredes, in spite of everything."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must go to the Cedars to-night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You must go, in spite of Paredes, in spite of everything."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You must go, in spite of Paredes, in spite of everything."
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading You must go, in spite of Paredes, in spite of everything."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The situation is serious enough to excuse facts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You must go to the Cedars to-night.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading Do you understand?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You must go to the Cedars to-night.
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