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Wild Justice

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of Wild Justice is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Ruth M. Sprague • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The next witness was Roz Peel.

Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

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LEARNER DICTIONARY

Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter XX Reading 1/16

Wild Justice

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of Wild Justice is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The next witness was Roz Peel.

Line 2

Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

Line 3

Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

Line 4

Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

Line 5

Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Adversity noun US /ədˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/

Difficulties; misfortune and hardship faced with courage.

From this reading “Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.”

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a

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

adversitynounUS /ədˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/

Difficulties; misfortune and hardship faced with courage.

From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

and

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

battle

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

battled

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

because

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From this reading Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

been

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From this reading Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

continued

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

Few

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From this reading Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

group

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

had

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From this reading Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

hearing

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From this reading Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

Her

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

Here

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

high

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

in

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

knew

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From this reading Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

known

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

life

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

lifted

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

next

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From this reading The next witness was Roz Peel.

of

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From this reading Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

optimism

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

ordeal

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From this reading Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

outfit

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particulars

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From this reading Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

Peel

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From this reading The next witness was Roz Peel.

person

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From this reading Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

private

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From this reading Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

Roz

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From this reading The next witness was Roz Peel.

severe

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

she

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

sparkplug

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From this reading Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

spirits

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

The

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From this reading The next witness was Roz Peel.

Throughout

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From this reading Throughout the ordeal of the hearing, Roz had been the sparkplug of the outfit.

to

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

unquenchable

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

very

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From this reading Few knew the particulars because she was a very private person.

was

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From this reading The next witness was Roz Peel.

which

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

who

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

whole

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

witness

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From this reading The next witness was Roz Peel.

witnesses

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From this reading Her high spirits and unquenchable optimism lifted the whole group of witnesses.

woman

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

young

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From this reading Here was a young woman who had known severe adversity in her life which she had battled and continued to battle.

Chapter 20 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague holds 84 sentences, grouped into 17 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.

What does chapter 20 of Wild Justice contain?

Chapter 20 holds 84 sentences of Wild Justice, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 20 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 84 sentences, grouped into 17 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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Work through the 17 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 17 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Vocabulary met early in Wild Justice

Words and structures a reader meets early in Wild Justice, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Going: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Wild Justice; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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