Chapter 29 of The Conflict is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The Conflict is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He recovered slowly. His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied: "You? I beg your pardon. This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
Chapter 29 of The Conflict is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “I beg your pardon.”
a race between candidates for elective office
From this reading “This campaign has played smash with my nerves."”
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:”
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading “This campaign has played smash with my nerves."”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “I beg your pardon.”
freed from illness or injury
From this reading “He recovered slowly.”
hit hard
From this reading “This campaign has played smash with my nerves."”
lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
From this reading “His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading I beg your pardon.
a race between candidates for elective office
From this reading This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He recovered slowly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I beg your pardon.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
accept an excuse for
From this reading I beg your pardon.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
freed from illness or injury
From this reading He recovered slowly.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading He recovered slowly.
hit hard
From this reading This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His cheeks were pale and his voice uncertain as he replied:
in the company of; together with
From this reading This campaign has played smash with my nerves."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I beg your pardon.
Chapter 29 of The Conflict by David Graham Phillips holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 29 holds 210 sentences of The Conflict, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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