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Wild Justice

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Wild Justice is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.
As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.
She was overwhelmed, she exclaimed, ".
.because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Wild Justice

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Wild Justice is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.
Line 2
As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.
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She was overwhelmed, she exclaimed, ".
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.because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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

Retribution noun US /ˌret.rəˈbjuː.ʃən/

Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong act. (Sự trừng phạt, quả báo thích đáng.)

From this reading “As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.”

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a

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From this reading Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.

and

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

Ann

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From this reading Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.

As

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

be

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

because

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

Belmont

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

Biggot

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From this reading Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.

Cause

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

chairman

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

crawling

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From this reading Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.

Diana

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

either

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

ever

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

exclaimed

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From this reading She was overwhelmed, she exclaimed, ".

explained

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

fear

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

first

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

for

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

harm

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

heard

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

Hearing

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

held

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

her

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

I

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

in

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

incorrectly

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

is

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

it

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

might

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

morass

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From this reading Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.

nerves

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From this reading Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.

not

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

of

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From this reading Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.

or

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

overwhelmed

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From this reading She was overwhelmed, she exclaimed, ".

panel

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

really

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

retributionnounUS /ˌret.rəˈbjuː.ʃən/

Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong act. (Sự trừng phạt, quả báo thích đáng.)

From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

say

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

she

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

Termination

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

that

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

the

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

this

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From this reading .because I heard that this is the first Termination for Cause Hearing ever held in Belmont!"

to

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

understood

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

was

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Ann Biggot was a crawling morass of nerves.

what

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

would

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From this reading As she explained to the panel, it was not really fear of retribution for what she might say, it was fear that she might be understood incorrectly and that would harm either her chairman or Diana.

Chapter 24 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague holds 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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 24 of Wild Justice contain?

Chapter 24 holds 86 sentences of Wild Justice, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 24 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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.

How do I study chapter 24 of Wild Justice?

Work through the 18 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 18 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.

Can chapter 24 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 24 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Wild Justice

Common questions about reading Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Wild Justice?

Yes. All 4201 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #152 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Wild Justice is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #152, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Wild Justice take to read?

About 350 minutes of reading across 841 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Wild Justice section by section

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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
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Perfect
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Already
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Cloudless
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