Chapter 7 of The climbers is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The climbers is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RUTH. You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me. BLANCHE. Very well. I demand it.
Chapter 7 of The climbers is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading “You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.”
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading “You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.”
the act of departing
From this reading “You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “RUTH.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Very well.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
the act of departing
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading RUTH.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
precisely as stated
From this reading Very well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Very well.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You must demand his going, Blanche, and I demand it, too, as something due to me.
Chapter 7 of The climbers by Clyde Fitch holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 7 holds 417 sentences of The climbers, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The climbers by Clyde Fitch exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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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