Chapter 25 of The O'Ruddy: A Romance is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The O'Ruddy: A Romance is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair. "Your ideas of murder are juvenile. Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree. Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners." "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
Chapter 25 of The O'Ruddy: A Romance is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move gently or carefully
From this reading “"You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.”
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading “"You are right, sir," he responded frankly.”
plural of “gardener” — someone who takes care of a garden
From this reading “Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.”
of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
From this reading “"Your ideas of murder are juvenile.”
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading “"Your ideas of murder are juvenile.”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.”
past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading “"You are right, sir," he responded frankly.”
that has been violently compressed
From this reading “"You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.”
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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 "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
make calm or still
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
move gently or carefully
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
plural of “gardener” — someone who takes care of a garden
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Your ideas of murder are juvenile.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
From this reading "Your ideas of murder are juvenile.
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From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading "Your ideas of murder are juvenile.
killed unlawfully
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Your ideas of murder are juvenile.
and nothing more
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
above and across; more than
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading Gentlemen of position never murder gardeners."
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
term of address for a man
From this reading "You are right, sir," he responded frankly.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Gardeners are murdered only by other gardeners, over some question of a magnolia-tree.
that has been violently compressed
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
at the time that
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You appear more at your ease when you are calm," said I to the Doctor as I squashed him into a chair.
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