Chapter 27 of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RECONCILIATION. Mr. Rougeant's condition continued to aggravate. The thought of death struck his heart with terror. Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry. No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
Chapter 27 of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make worse
From this reading “Mr. Rougeant's condition continued to aggravate.”
the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
From this reading “Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.”
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 “No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.”
plural of “pang” — a sudden sharp feeling
From this reading “No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.”
the reestablishing of cordial relations
From this reading “RECONCILIATION.”
stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
From this reading “Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.”
make (images or sounds) soft or softer
From this reading “No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.”
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading “No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
make worse
From this reading Mr. Rougeant's condition continued to aggravate.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
From this reading Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
a state at a particular time
From this reading Mr. Rougeant's condition continued to aggravate.
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
without stop or interruption
From this reading Mr. Rougeant's condition continued to aggravate.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
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 No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
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 Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Rougeant's condition continued to aggravate.
not any; not one
From this reading No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
plural of “pang” — a sudden sharp feeling
From this reading No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
the reestablishing of cordial relations
From this reading RECONCILIATION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Rougeant's condition continued to aggravate.
the trait of practicing self discipline
From this reading No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others
From this reading Behind him, he left a life of selfishness and bigotry.
make (images or sounds) soft or softer
From this reading No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading No good deed, no act of self-denial to soften the pangs of a stricken conscience.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Rougeant's condition continued to aggravate.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The thought of death struck his heart with terror.
Chapter 27 of The Silver Lining: A Guernsey Story by John Roussel holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
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