Chapter 33 of The Vale of Cedars is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of The Vale of Cedars is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I will have vengeance! I'll crush thy swelling pride! I'll still thy vaunting! I'll do a deed of blood! Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
Chapter 33 of The Vale of Cedars is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
From this reading “I'll crush thy swelling pride!”
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 “I'll do a deed of blood!”
argue or speak in defense of
From this reading “Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"”
plural of “form” — the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading “Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"”
not in action or at work
From this reading “Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"”
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
From this reading “I'll crush thy swelling pride!”
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
From this reading “"I will have vengeance!”
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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 I'll do a deed of blood!
(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 Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading I'll do a deed of blood!
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
From this reading I'll crush thy swelling pride!
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 I'll do a deed of blood!
argue or speak in defense of
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I'll do a deed of blood!
plural of “form” — the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I will have vengeance!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will have vengeance!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll crush thy swelling pride!
not in action or at work
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'll do a deed of blood!
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
above and across; more than
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading I'll crush thy swelling pride!
not in physical motion
From this reading I'll still thy vaunting!
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
From this reading I'll crush thy swelling pride!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading I'll crush thy swelling pride!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll still thy vaunting!
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
From this reading "I will have vengeance!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now all idle forms are over-- Now open villany, now open hate-- Defend thy life!"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will have vengeance!
Chapter 33 of The Vale of Cedars by Grace Aguilar holds 119 sentences, grouped into 24 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 33 holds 119 sentences of The Vale of Cedars, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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