Chapter 40 of The Disowned — Complete is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of The Disowned — Complete is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Is it possible? Is’t so? I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking! I Must do the deed because I thought of it.
Chapter 40 of The Disowned — Complete is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/42 · 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.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!”
for the reason that
From this reading “I Must do the deed because I thought of it.”
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading “I Must do the deed because I thought of it.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!”
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
From this reading “I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!”
for more time
From this reading “I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!”
capable of happening or existing
From this reading “Is it possible?”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I Must do the deed because I thought of it.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
for the reason that
From this reading I Must do the deed because I thought of it.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading I Must do the deed because I thought of it.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I Must do the deed because I thought of it.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it possible?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Is’t so?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it possible?
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
for more time
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I Must do the deed because I thought of it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
not any; not one
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I Must do the deed because I thought of it.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading Is it possible?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Is’t so?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I Must do the deed because I thought of it.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I Must do the deed because I thought of it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I can no longer what I would No longer draw back at my liking!
Chapter 40 of The Disowned — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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 40 holds 213 sentences of The Disowned — Complete, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 40 of The Disowned — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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.
Work through the 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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