Chapter 1 of Coaches and Coaching is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Coaches and Coaching is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last you until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
Chapter 1 of Coaches and Coaching is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “creature” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.”
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
From this reading “It lasts when all other pleasures fade.”
highest in quality
From this reading “BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.”
plural of “last” — the temporal end; the concluding time
From this reading “It lasts when all other pleasures fade.”
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “It lasts when all other pleasures fade.”
made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
From this reading “BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.”
superlative of “pure” — free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading “BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.”
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading “It will support you when all other recreations are gone.”
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In this reading “BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.”
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(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 It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It will support you when all other recreations are gone.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
plural of “creature” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading It will last you until your death.
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
From this reading It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
destroyed or killed
From this reading It will support you when all other recreations are gone.
highest in quality
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
immediately past
From this reading It will last you until your death.
plural of “last” — the temporal end; the concluding time
From this reading It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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 It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
engage in
From this reading It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
used to form the superlative
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
go across or through
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
superlative of “pure” — free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
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From this reading It will support you when all other recreations are gone.
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading It will support you when all other recreations are gone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
up to a particular time
From this reading It will last you until your death.
at the time that
From this reading It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will support you when all other recreations are gone.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It will support you when all other recreations are gone.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BOOK love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
Chapter 1 of Coaches and Coaching by Leigh Hunt holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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 1 holds 447 sentences of Coaches and Coaching, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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