Chapter 5 of Under the Deodars is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Under the Deodars is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte. ‘Oh, you brute!’ she cried. ‘Are all men like this? Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table. Oh, will you be quiet, and help me to carry her?
Chapter 5 of Under the Deodars is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading “‘Oh, you brute!’ she cried.”
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Oh, will you be quiet, and help me to carry her?”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.”
plural of “explanation” — a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
From this reading “But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.”
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading “But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.”
supporting yourself on your knees
From this reading “But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.”
plural of “protestation” — a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading “But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “Oh, will you be quiet, and help me to carry her?”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
(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 ‘Are all men like this?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘Are all men like this?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Oh, will you be quiet, and help me to carry her?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading ‘Oh, you brute!’ she cried.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Oh, will you be quiet, and help me to carry her?
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading ‘Oh, you brute!’ she cried.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
plural of “explanation” — a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
supporting yourself on your knees
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading ‘Are all men like this?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
the force of workers available
From this reading ‘Are all men like this?
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
not any; not one
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading ‘Oh, you brute!’ she cried.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
above and across; more than
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
plural of “protestation” — a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading Oh, will you be quiet, and help me to carry her?
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘Oh, you brute!’ she cried.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘Are all men like this?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Help me to get her into my room and her face is cut against the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Oh, will you be quiet, and help me to carry her?
in the company of; together with
From this reading But Mrs. Vansuythen, with no heart for explanations or impassioned protestations, was kneeling over Mrs. Boulte.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Oh, you brute!’ she cried.
Chapter 5 of Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling holds 225 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 225 sentences of Under the Deodars, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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