Chapter 7 of The extraordinary confessions of Diana Please is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The extraordinary confessions of Diana Please is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“O, I am so sorry!” I said. The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful. “All right,” he said. “Blow me if you ain’t done it now.
Chapter 7 of The extraordinary confessions of Diana Please is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exhale hard
From this reading ““Blow me if you ain’t done it now.”
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
From this reading “The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.”
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading “The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.”
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
From this reading “The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.”
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading “The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.”
(of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality
From this reading “The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading ““O, I am so sorry!””
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading “The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.”
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From this reading “Blow me if you ain’t done it now.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “All right,” he said.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “O, I am so sorry!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
exhale hard
From this reading “Blow me if you ain’t done it now.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “Blow me if you ain’t done it now.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “O, I am so sorry!”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Blow me if you ain’t done it now.
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Blow me if you ain’t done it now.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
engage in
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Blow me if you ain’t done it now.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O, I am so sorry!”
(of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right,” he said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “O, I am so sorry!”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “O, I am so sorry!”
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The man--he was personable enough to make my task the less nauseous--eyed me, insolent and masterful.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Blow me if you ain’t done it now.
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