Chapter 8 of Broken Barriers is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Broken Barriers is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said. “Now, you’re talking like a crazy man! Suppose I were to tell you I’m jealous of Evelyn! Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything. You needn’t come to me now for consolation!”
Chapter 8 of Broken Barriers is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a cheerful manner
From this reading “Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.”
the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
From this reading “You needn’t come to me now for consolation!””
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading ““Now, you’re talking like a crazy man!”
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.”
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
From this reading ““I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.”
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In this reading “Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.”
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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 “Now, you’re talking like a crazy man!
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
(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 Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
in a cheerful manner
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading You needn’t come to me now for consolation!”
the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
From this reading You needn’t come to me now for consolation!”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “Now, you’re talking like a crazy man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Suppose I were to tell you I’m jealous of Evelyn!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You needn’t come to me now for consolation!”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
a young female
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Suppose I were to tell you I’m jealous of Evelyn!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Now, you’re talking like a crazy man!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You needn’t come to me now for consolation!”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now, you’re talking like a crazy man!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
express a supposition
From this reading Suppose I were to tell you I’m jealous of Evelyn!
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “Now, you’re talking like a crazy man!
express in words
From this reading Suppose I were to tell you I’m jealous of Evelyn!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Suppose I were to tell you I’m jealous of Evelyn!
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Suppose I were to tell you I’m jealous of Evelyn!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Please remember that you forgot all about me and married another girl quite cheerfully with a church wedding and flowers and everything.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’m jealous of every man you know!” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, you’re talking like a crazy man!
Chapter 8 of Broken Barriers by Meredith Nicholson holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 400 sentences of Broken Barriers, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Broken Barriers by Meredith Nicholson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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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