Chapter 2 of The house of bondage is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The house of bondage is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Who? Us? Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little. Are you scared?" Her pride would not permit confession.
Chapter 2 of The house of bondage is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “Her pride would not permit confession.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.”
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “Her pride would not permit confession.”
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading “Her pride would not permit confession.”
made afraid
From this reading “Are you scared?"”
express in words
From this reading “Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.”
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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 Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you scared?"
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From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading Her pride would not permit confession.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her pride would not permit confession.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
cause to move by striking
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her pride would not permit confession.
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading Her pride would not permit confession.
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading Her pride would not permit confession.
made afraid
From this reading Are you scared?"
express in words
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Us?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Vhy, I was chust thinking I'd tell him to hit up the pace a little.
which person or people
From this reading "Who?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Her pride would not permit confession.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you scared?"
Chapter 2 of The house of bondage by Reginald Wright Kauffman holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 2 holds 427 sentences of The house of bondage, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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