Chapter 9 of Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Undoubtedly." "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help." "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity. "But never fear for us, O stranger. We will give them as good as they bring."
Chapter 9 of Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading “"This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.”
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
From this reading “"This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.”
bestow a quality on
From this reading “"I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."”
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading “"This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.”
an angry dispute
From this reading “"This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “"I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “"But never fear for us, O stranger.”
without doubt; certainly
From this reading “"Undoubtedly."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We will give them as good as they bring."
marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading We will give them as good as they bring."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But never fear for us, O stranger.
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From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading "But never fear for us, O stranger.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "But never fear for us, O stranger.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We will give them as good as they bring."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading We will give them as good as they bring."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
bestow a quality on
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "But never fear for us, O stranger.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "But never fear for us, O stranger.
by chance
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
an angry dispute
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading "But never fear for us, O stranger.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We will give them as good as they bring."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We will give them as good as they bring."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
without doubt; certainly
From this reading "Undoubtedly."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "But never fear for us, O stranger.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will give them as good as they bring."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will give them as good as they bring."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "This is the Dezii's private quarrel," he assured me with dignity.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I might perhaps stay and lend you some help."
Chapter 9 of Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales by Arthur Quiller-Couch holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 9 holds 402 sentences of Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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