Chapter 15 of And Five Were Foolish is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of And Five Were Foolish is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Punch put a hand to his head. “Well, here’s a go,” he said. “What do we do now? You can’t marry us both.” With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
Chapter 15 of And Five Were Foolish is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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weapons considered collectively
From this reading “With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “Punch put a hand to his head.”
take in marriage
From this reading “You can’t marry us both.””
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading “With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.”
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading “Punch put a hand to his head.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Punch put a hand to his head.”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.”
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading “With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.”
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In this reading “With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.”
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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 Punch put a hand to his head.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
the two together, not just one
From this reading You can’t marry us both.”
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From this reading You can’t marry us both.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do we do now?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Well, here’s a go,” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Punch put a hand to his head.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well, here’s a go,” he said.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Punch put a hand to his head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, here’s a go,” he said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Punch put a hand to his head.
take in marriage
From this reading You can’t marry us both.”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “What do we do now?
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading Punch put a hand to his head.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Punch put a hand to his head.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Well, here’s a go,” he said.
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Punch put a hand to his head.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You can’t marry us both.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “What do we do now?
(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 “Well, here’s a go,” he said.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do we do now?
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a half-laugh, half-sob, Athalia slid her arms round his neck.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can’t marry us both.”
Chapter 15 of And Five Were Foolish by Dornford Yates holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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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