Chapter 4 of Beyond the Horizon is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Beyond the Horizon is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MRS. ATKINS. He never would have--not James Mayo! Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him? MRS.
Chapter 4 of Beyond the Horizon is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used of persons; emotionally hardened
From this reading “Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?”
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading “He never would have--not James Mayo!”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?”
egg yolks and oil and vinegar
From this reading “He never would have--not James Mayo!”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?”
make (images or sounds) soft or softer
From this reading “Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?”
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading “Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?”
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In this reading “Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?”
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ATKINS.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
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From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
used of persons; emotionally hardened
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He never would have--not James Mayo!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He never would have--not James Mayo!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading He never would have--not James Mayo!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
immediately past
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
egg yolks and oil and vinegar
From this reading He never would have--not James Mayo!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading MRS.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He never would have--not James Mayo!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He never would have--not James Mayo!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
make (images or sounds) soft or softer
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
up to a particular time
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He never would have--not James Mayo!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Didn’t he keep his heart hardened against him till the last in spite of all you and Robert did to soften him?
Chapter 4 of Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill holds 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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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