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Queen Victoria’s Revenge: Storming the Citadel (Part 2)
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to the weight of those infernal clanking manacles.
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B2 · Upper-intermediate
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- 91% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 167 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 357 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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A commotion at the doorway brought me back to life, trying to start up and fading thanks to the weight of those infernal clanking manacles. As the door crashed shut again, I was aware of a swaying figure in the middle of the room, bare to the waist.
How are you? How are you, my dear friend, my best of friend? Cry this apparition, whooping with laughter. Thank God I am well. Are you well? Ah, my good friend, my heart rejoices to see you for the friendship I have entertained for you has not diminished. Be of good cheer, for though you
You were bound with fetters as Samson and Zedekiah were bound even with fetters of brass, yet— Yet— His voice trailed away, muttering, And—and who else?
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