Chapter 40 of Within an Inch of His Life is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of Within an Inch of His Life is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But we must not lose a minute. Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here. I will wait for him here." III. When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
Chapter 40 of Within an Inch of His Life is here in full — 256 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading “Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.”
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading “When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"”
staying power
From this reading “Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “"But we must not lose a minute.”
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading “Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.”
plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
From this reading “When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"”
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading “When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"”
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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 "But we must not lose a minute.
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
later than; following
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But we must not lose a minute.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
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From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
female equivalent of a count or earl
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
dearly loved
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I will wait for him here."
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I will wait for him here."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will wait for him here."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading III.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
the act of departing
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
staying power
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading "But we must not lose a minute.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading "But we must not lose a minute.
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "But we must not lose a minute.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "But we must not lose a minute.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I will wait for him here."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "But we must not lose a minute.
at the time that
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will wait for him here."
in the company of; together with
From this reading When Dionysia, after leaving the Countess Claudieuse, came back to Jacques's parents and his friends, she said, radiant with hope,-- "Now victory is on our side!"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Put your legs into active motion, my dear Mechinet, and run and ask M. Folgat to come here.
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