Chapter 4 of The Devil's Disciple is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Devil's Disciple is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JUDITH. Yes, you did. You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers! Oh, what do they— RICHARD. (_listening_).
Chapter 4 of The Devil's Disciple is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!”
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!”
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading “JUDITH.”
the act of hearing attentively
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading “You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!”
a smallest army unit
From this reading “You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!”
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)
From this reading “You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!”
plural of “tramp” — a vagrant
From this reading “You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!”
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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 You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
any person at all
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Yes, you did.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Oh, what do they— RICHARD.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading JUDITH.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading (_listening_).
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, what do they— RICHARD.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
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From this reading Oh, what do they— RICHARD.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
a smallest army unit
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
carry out
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
struck or filled with terror
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
plural of “tramp” — a vagrant
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Oh, what do they— RICHARD.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You said that if anybody came in they would take us for man and— (_she stops, terror-stricken, as a squad of soldiers tramps past the window_) The English soldiers!
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, you did.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yes, you did.
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