Chapter 5 of Everyman's Land is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Everyman's Land is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain. Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war. Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself. Consequently mistakes are made. But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
Chapter 5 of Everyman's Land is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lacking professional skill or expertise
From this reading “Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.”
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
From this reading “Consequently mistakes are made.”
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
From this reading “Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.”
plural of “mistake” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Consequently mistakes are made.”
a chaplain in one of the military services
From this reading “Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.”
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
be a mystery or bewildering to
From this reading “Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.”
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading “Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.”
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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 But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
(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 Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
lacking professional skill or expertise
From this reading Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Consequently mistakes are made.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
From this reading Consequently mistakes are made.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
being one more than seven
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
make plain and comprehensible
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
plural of “franc” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Consequently mistakes are made.
engage in
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
plural of “mistake” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Consequently mistakes are made.
not any; not one
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.
a chaplain in one of the military services
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
be a mystery or bewildering to
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading Ours is an amateurish hotel, especially since the war.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
which person or people
From this reading Any one who happens to have the time or inclination runs it: or if no one has time it runs itself.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But what can you expect for eight francs a day, with _pension_?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why Brian's coming should make all the difference may puzzle you, Padre, but I'll explain.
Chapter 5 of Everyman's Land by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 5 holds 153 sentences of Everyman's Land, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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