Chapter 28 of Wild Justice is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 28 of Wild Justice is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
August slipped into September. What's happening with the hearing? Everyone was asking. No one had an answer. Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
Chapter 28 of Wild Justice is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the verbal act of requesting
From this reading “Everyone was asking.”
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “August slipped into September.”
a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
From this reading “Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.”
every person
From this reading “Everyone was asking.”
an event that happens
From this reading “What's happening with the hearing?”
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading “Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “August slipped into September.”
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading “August slipped into September.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading No one had an answer.
react verbally
From this reading No one had an answer.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading Everyone was asking.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading August slipped into September.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
every person
From this reading Everyone was asking.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No one had an answer.
an event that happens
From this reading What's happening with the hearing?
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
From this reading What's happening with the hearing?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading August slipped into September.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
not any; not one
From this reading No one had an answer.
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 Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one had an answer.
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading August slipped into September.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading August slipped into September.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What's happening with the hearing?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading Then the president of N.O.W, Ellie Smeal, came on campus to give a speech.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everyone was asking.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's happening with the hearing?
in the company of; together with
From this reading What's happening with the hearing?
Chapter 28 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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.
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