Chapter 4 of The world-mover is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The world-mover is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_I_ have?" "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger. "Shall I recount?" "Please do," snapped Ackerman superciliously. "But after you tell me who you are."
Chapter 4 of The world-mover is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “"This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “"This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.”
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading “"This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"Please do," snapped Ackerman superciliously.”
narrate or give a detailed account of
From this reading “"Shall I recount?"”
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “"Please do," snapped Ackerman superciliously.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “"This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.”
express in words
From this reading “"But after you tell me who you are."”
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From this reading "Please do," snapped Ackerman superciliously.
later than; following
From this reading "But after you tell me who you are."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "But after you tell me who you are."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But after you tell me who you are."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Please do," snapped Ackerman superciliously.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "_I_ have?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "_I_ have?"
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "But after you tell me who you are."
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Please do," snapped Ackerman superciliously.
narrate or give a detailed account of
From this reading "Shall I recount?"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Shall I recount?"
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading "Please do," snapped Ackerman superciliously.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner
From this reading "Please do," snapped Ackerman superciliously.
express in words
From this reading "But after you tell me who you are."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
which person or people
From this reading "But after you tell me who you are."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But after you tell me who you are."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "This mess is of your making," insisted the stranger.
Chapter 4 of The world-mover by George O. (George Oliver) Smith holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 4 holds 443 sentences of The world-mover, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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