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Chapter 3 of A Forgotten Hero is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Nay, Father, but is there no third way? Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?" "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation. "But not that child." The Earl was silent.
Chapter 3 of A Forgotten Hero is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading “Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “The Earl was silent.”
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
From this reading “"Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.”
rise and fall of the voice pitch
From this reading “"Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.”
an old word for “no”
From this reading “"Nay, Father, but is there no third way?”
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading “Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"”
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading “Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"”
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading “"Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.”
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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 "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Nay, Father, but is there no third way?
a young person of either sex
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading The Earl was silent.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Nay, Father, but is there no third way?
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
From this reading "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
rise and fall of the voice pitch
From this reading "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Nay, Father, but is there no third way?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
an old word for “no”
From this reading "Nay, Father, but is there no third way?
not any; not one
From this reading "Nay, Father, but is there no third way?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
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From this reading "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading The Earl was silent.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
carry out
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "But not that child."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Nay, Father, but is there no third way?
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading "Nay, Father, but is there no third way?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Earl was silent.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Nay, Father, but is there no third way?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Some children," said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
but in spite of that
From this reading Might the bridge not be passed in safety, and the child take his pleasure, and yet reach home well and sound?"
Chapter 3 of A Forgotten Hero by Emily Sarah Holt holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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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