Chapter 11 of Brothers is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Brothers is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You gave him my love?" Betty murmured lightly. She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold. "Yes." "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
Chapter 11 of Brothers is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.”
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading “She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.”
superlative of “faint” — deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.”
without good reason
From this reading “Betty murmured lightly.”
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading “"And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “Betty murmured lightly.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “"And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"”
a slight but appreciable amount
From this reading “She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.”
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.
In this reading “She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.”
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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 "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Betty murmured lightly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
having or capable of producing colors
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
superlative of “faint” — deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "You gave him my love?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You gave him my love?"
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
without good reason
From this reading Betty murmured lightly.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "You gave him my love?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading Betty murmured lightly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You gave him my love?"
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
a slight but appreciable amount
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And I hope he sent a nice message to me in return?"
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had the faintest tinge of colour in her cheeks, but her voice was almost cold.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You gave him my love?"
Chapter 11 of Brothers by Horace Annesley Vachell holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 11 holds 422 sentences of Brothers, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Brothers by Horace Annesley Vachell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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How to work through Brothers section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 22 chapters of Brothers to begin.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Brothers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
