Chapter 14 of Brothers is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of Brothers is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mark held out his hand. "Good-bye—till to-morrow." He turned and moved down the path. Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence. _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
Chapter 14 of Brothers is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading “_Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “"Good-bye—till to-morrow."”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “Mark held out his hand.”
a course of conduct
From this reading “He turned and moved down the path.”
having a hole cut through
From this reading “Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.”
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading “_Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.”
habitually complaining
From this reading “Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
anew
From this reading Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
how long something has existed
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned and moved down the path.
take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He turned and moved down the path.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
a farewell remark
From this reading "Good-bye—till to-morrow."
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Mark held out his hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned and moved down the path.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Mark held out his hand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mark held out his hand.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Mark held out his hand.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading He turned and moved down the path.
a brief written record
From this reading Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Mark held out his hand.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
a course of conduct
From this reading He turned and moved down the path.
having a hole cut through
From this reading Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
habitually complaining
From this reading Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He turned and moved down the path.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Again that thin, querulous note pierced the silence.
up to a particular time
From this reading "Good-bye—till to-morrow."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Good-bye—till to-morrow."
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned and moved down the path.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading _Mary, Mary!_ an appeal from age to youth, ay, and a protest, a far-reaching protest, of pain against pleasure.
Chapter 14 of Brothers by Horace Annesley Vachell holds 421 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 14 holds 421 sentences of Brothers, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Brothers by Horace Annesley Vachell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Brothers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
