Chapter 18 of The Terms of Surrender is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Terms of Surrender is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write. Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile. But it soon withered. She did not break the silence he had imposed on her. The quiet weeks passed.
Chapter 18 of The Terms of Surrender is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/66 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “blossom” — produce or yield flowers
From this reading “Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.”
the failure to obey
From this reading “Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.”
set forth authoritatively as obligatory
From this reading “She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.”
tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
From this reading “THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.”
possessive form of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading “Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.”
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
From this reading “Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.”
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
From this reading “THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.”
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading “Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.”
In this reading “THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.”
In this reading “Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.”
In this reading “Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
for a short time
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
past form of “blossom” — produce or yield flowers
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
terminate
From this reading She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it soon withered.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.
the failure to obey
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
From this reading THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
set forth authoritatively as obligatory
From this reading She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it soon withered.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
From this reading THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The quiet weeks passed.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
possessive form of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading The quiet weeks passed.
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading She did not break the silence he had imposed on her.
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
From this reading THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.
in the near future
From this reading But it soon withered.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading Perhaps, tucked away in a corner of Power's heart, a tender little shoot of hope that she might be moved to disobedience and revolt blossomed for awhile.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading The quiet weeks passed.
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading But it soon withered.
produce a literary work
From this reading THE SECOND GENERATION Marguerite Sinclair did not write.
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