Chapter 6 of The Devil's Disciple is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Devil's Disciple is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RICHARD. I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me. I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight. SWINDON. (_snubbing him_).
Chapter 6 of The Devil's Disciple is here in full — 457 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading “I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.”
an event that results in a transformation
From this reading “I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.”
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.”
inflected form of “snub” — refuse to acknowledge
enter upon an activity or enterprise
From this reading “I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.”
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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 I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
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From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
an event that results in a transformation
From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading (_snubbing him_).
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RICHARD.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
inflected form of “snub” — refuse to acknowledge
From this reading (_snubbing him_).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SWINDON.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I shall be happy to explain if time is allowed me.
enter upon an activity or enterprise
From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I cannot undertake to complete your conversion in less than a fortnight.
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