Chapter 12 of The easiest way is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The easiest way is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Keep your nerve!" The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure. Keep her nerve? That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength. Why had John left her to make this fight alone?
Chapter 12 of The easiest way is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
From this reading “The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.”
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading “The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.”
the act of departing
From this reading “The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.”
possessive form of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.”
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
From this reading “"Keep your nerve!"”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.”
-ing form of “prove” — be shown or be found to be
From this reading “That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.”
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.”
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move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
later than; following
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Why had John left her to make this fight alone?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
the act of departing
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Why had John left her to make this fight alone?
possessive form of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Keep her nerve?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Why had John left her to make this fight alone?
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Keep your nerve!"
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Why had John left her to make this fight alone?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
engage in
From this reading Why had John left her to make this fight alone?
in a disrespectful jeering manner
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
From this reading "Keep your nerve!"
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
-ing form of “prove” — be shown or be found to be
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Why had John left her to make this fight alone?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
hard to endure
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That was precisely what she was trying to do, and it was proving almost beyond her strength.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why had John left her to make this fight alone?
the words that are spoken
From this reading The words rang mockingly in the girl's ear long after the good-natured advance agent had made his departure.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Keep your nerve!"
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