Chapter 20 of The White Gauntlet is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The White Gauntlet is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Am I not wronging him? Was not I the wooer--I, Marion Wade? Was it not I who gave the first sign--the challenge--everything? "What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted? What was it, he was about to declare--and yet hesitated?
Chapter 20 of The White Gauntlet is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take exception to
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state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “What was it, he was about to declare--and yet hesitated?”
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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discontinued temporarily
From this reading “"What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?”
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
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inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “"What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?”
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
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walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading “Was not I the wooer--I, Marion Wade?”
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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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading What was it, he was about to declare--and yet hesitated?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Am I not wronging him?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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in or near a particular place or position
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take exception to
From this reading Was it not I who gave the first sign--the challenge--everything?
state emphatically and authoritatively
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all things; all of a situation
From this reading Was it not I who gave the first sign--the challenge--everything?
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Was it not I who gave the first sign--the challenge--everything?
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Was it not I who gave the first sign--the challenge--everything?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Am I not wronging him?
discontinued temporarily
From this reading "What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading "What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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immediately past
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Was not I the wooer--I, Marion Wade?
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
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a particular point in time
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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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belonging to the speaker and others
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being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading Was it not I who gave the first sign--the challenge--everything?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Was not I the wooer--I, Marion Wade?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?
walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading Was not I the wooer--I, Marion Wade?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was not I the wooer--I, Marion Wade?
used to ask for information about something
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at the time that
From this reading "What meant he to have said at that moment, when our last interview was interrupted?
which person or people
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a man who courts a woman
From this reading Was not I the wooer--I, Marion Wade?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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but in spite of that
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Chapter 20 of The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 20 holds 417 sentences of The White Gauntlet, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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