Chapter 29 of Daredevil is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Daredevil is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BREAK AWAY They got him away. Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng. Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes. Susan clutching his hand, straining herself against him. Teal's arm around his shoulders, supporting him.
Chapter 29 of Daredevil is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading “Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.”
-ing form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “Susan clutching his hand, straining herself against him.”
-ing form of “curse” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.”
time without end
From this reading “Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.”
the act of making a film
From this reading “Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.”
an intense or violent exertion
From this reading “Susan clutching his hand, straining herself against him.”
furnishing support and encouragement
From this reading “Teal's arm around his shoulders, supporting him.”
-ing form of “sway” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading “Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.”
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 “Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.”
move away or escape suddenly
In this reading “BREAK AWAY They got him away.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
later than; following
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Teal's arm around his shoulders, supporting him.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Teal's arm around his shoulders, supporting him.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading BREAK AWAY They got him away.
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
terminate
From this reading BREAK AWAY They got him away.
-ing form of “clutch” — take hold of; grab
From this reading Susan clutching his hand, straining herself against him.
-ing form of “curse” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
time without end
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
the act of making a film
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading BREAK AWAY They got him away.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Susan clutching his hand, straining herself against him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BREAK AWAY They got him away.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Teal's arm around his shoulders, supporting him.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
an intense or violent exertion
From this reading Susan clutching his hand, straining herself against him.
furnishing support and encouragement
From this reading Teal's arm around his shoulders, supporting him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Susan clutching his hand, straining herself against him.
-ing form of “sway” — move back and forth or sideways
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Teal's arm around his shoulders, supporting him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BREAK AWAY They got him away.
a large gathering of people
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Leaning against the wall, panting, drawing a bleeding, aching hand across his filming eyes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Somehow, after a second eternity of effort, he was free of the swaying, cursing throng.
Chapter 29 of Daredevil by Leslie Charteris holds 70 sentences, grouped into 14 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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