Chapter 10 of The Call of the South is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Call of the South is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No, no, no. I did not mean that. It is not my wish that you destroy yourself. You must not. _You must not_!
Chapter 10 of The Call of the South is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
From this reading “It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “I did not mean that.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “You must not.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.”
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do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
From this reading It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not mean that.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I did not mean that.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading I did not mean that.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must not.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, no, no.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not mean that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I did not mean that.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading It is not my wish that you destroy yourself.
Chapter 10 of The Call of the South by Robert Lee Durham holds 413 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 10 holds 413 sentences of The Call of the South, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Call of the South by Robert Lee Durham exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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