Chapter 16 of Angels' Shoes, and Other Stories is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Angels' Shoes, and Other Stories is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.” “Of Mannering Bimbashi?” “Yea, Master. I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town. He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
Chapter 16 of Angels' Shoes, and Other Stories is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a powerful effect or influence
From this reading “I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading ““Yea, Master.”
the force of workers available
From this reading ““We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.””
past form of “police” — maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
From this reading “I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.”
a member of a police force
From this reading “I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.”
subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
From this reading “He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.”
an old word for “yes”
From this reading ““Yea, Master.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “Yea, Master.
the force of workers available
From this reading “We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
past form of “police” — maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
a member of a police force
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We be the men of Mannering Bimbashi.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He said to us, ‘Go here’ or ‘Go there,’ and we went and punished the evil-doers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was a policeman of the force wherewith he policed this town.
an old word for “yes”
From this reading “Yea, Master.
Chapter 16 of Angels' Shoes, and Other Stories by Marjorie L. C. (Marjorie Lowry Christie) Pickthall holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Chapter 16 holds 411 sentences of Angels' Shoes, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Angels' Shoes, and Other Stories by Marjorie L. C. (Marjorie Lowry Christie) Pickthall exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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