Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It's not to be evaded." She turned tempestuously. "Am I to be humiliated so? Carlos! Why did you bring me?
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 95/155 · 5 reading units · Lines 471–475
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Why did you bring me?”
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
From this reading “Carlos!”
past form of “evade” — avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading “It's not to be evaded."”
subdued or brought low in condition or status
From this reading “"Am I to be humiliated so?”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “She turned tempestuously.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Am I to be humiliated so?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It's not to be evaded."
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Why did you bring me?
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
From this reading Carlos!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did you bring me?
past form of “evade” — avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading It's not to be evaded."
subdued or brought low in condition or status
From this reading "Am I to be humiliated so?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Am I to be humiliated so?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's not to be evaded."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why did you bring me?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It's not to be evaded."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She turned tempestuously.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Am I to be humiliated so?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She turned tempestuously.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's not to be evaded."
moved around an axis or center
From this reading She turned tempestuously.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did you bring me?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why did you bring me?
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room by Wadsworth Camp holds 775 sentences, grouped into 155 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 1 holds 775 sentences of The Abandoned Room, unabridged, divided into 155 reading sections.
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