Chapter 6 of Caybigan is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of Caybigan is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Man, man!" he shouted; "imagine that, now. Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement. "Imagine that," he said, once more, in a broken whisper. He raised his finger. He sipped.
Chapter 6 of Caybigan is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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shockingly brutal or cruel
From this reading “Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.”
the part of the skull that encloses the brain
From this reading “Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.”
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading “Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.”
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading “Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.”
shaking convulsively or violently
From this reading “Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.”
inflected form of “sip” — drink in sips
From this reading “He sipped.”
a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
From this reading “Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “"Imagine that," he said, once more, in a broken whisper.”
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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anew
In this reading “Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.”
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 Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
shockingly brutal or cruel
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading "Imagine that," he said, once more, in a broken whisper.
the part of the skull that encloses the brain
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
feel or handle with the fingers
From this reading He raised his finger.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Man, man!" he shouted; "imagine that, now.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading "Man, man!" he shouted; "imagine that, now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Man, man!" he shouted; "imagine that, now.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Man, man!" he shouted; "imagine that, now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
on one occasion
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
above and across; more than
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading He raised his finger.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Imagine that," he said, once more, in a broken whisper.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Man, man!" he shouted; "imagine that, now.
shaking convulsively or violently
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
inflected form of “sip” — drink in sips
From this reading He sipped.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Man, man!" he shouted; "imagine that, now.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading "Imagine that," he said, once more, in a broken whisper.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Imagine me there once more, and she, with that familiar gesture, that sacred gesture, running her fingers----" Slowly he passed his hands over the atrocious smoothness of his cranium in a long, shuddering movement.
Chapter 6 of Caybigan by James Hopper 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.
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