Chapter 8 of As We Forgive Them is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of As We Forgive Them is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What do you fear?" "I fear what my father feared," was her answer. "And what was that?" "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself. He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
Chapter 8 of As We Forgive Them is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading “He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."”
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “"That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.”
past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."”
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading “"I fear what my father feared," was her answer.”
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading “"That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.”
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading “He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."”
something that is a source of danger
From this reading “"That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.”
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
From this reading “He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."”
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.
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In this reading “He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."”
In this reading “"That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.”
put in effect
In this reading “"That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And what was that?"
react verbally
From this reading "I fear what my father feared," was her answer.
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you fear?"
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "I fear what my father feared," was her answer.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading "What do you fear?"
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading "I fear what my father feared," was her answer.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I fear what my father feared," was her answer.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I fear what my father feared," was her answer.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I fear what my father feared," was her answer.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And what was that?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
something that is a source of danger
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I fear what my father feared," was her answer.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you fear?"
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading He threatened me on the day I left home-- he dared me to breathe a single word."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "That he would carry out a certain threat he has many times made to my father, and later to myself.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you fear?"
Chapter 8 of As We Forgive Them by William Le Queux holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 8 holds 417 sentences of As We Forgive Them, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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