Chapter 13 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin. “Let us be perfectly calm.” “Calm!” Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands. “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
Chapter 13 of The Blue Castle: a novel is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading ““How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?””
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
From this reading ““Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.”
make calm or still
From this reading ““Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.”
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading ““How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?””
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading ““Let us be perfectly calm.””
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading ““Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.”
inflected form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape
From this reading “Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands.”
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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 “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
any person at all
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
From this reading “Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.
make calm or still
From this reading “Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands.
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From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Let us be perfectly calm.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “How can I be calm—how could anybody be calm under such a disgrace as this?”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let us be calm,” said Uncle Benjamin.
inflected form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape
From this reading Mrs. Frederick wrung her hands.
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