Chapter 11 of Five Nights: A Novel is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Five Nights: A Novel is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad. I do miss my baby so to play with." "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered. "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him. Was he not a very large child?"
Chapter 11 of Five Nights: A Novel is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “I do miss my baby so to play with."”
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading “"You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.”
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading “THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.”
plural of “god” — 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 “THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “I do miss my baby so to play with."”
a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
From this reading “"You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.”
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading “"You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.”
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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 "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading I do miss my baby so to play with."
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Was he not a very large child?"
zealous in devotion or affection
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do miss my baby so to play with."
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
plural of “god” — 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 THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Was he not a very large child?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading I do miss my baby so to play with."
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I do miss my baby so to play with."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
participate in games or sport
From this reading I do miss my baby so to play with."
cut with a saw
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading "You did not strike me as a very devoted mother when I saw you at Sitka," I answered.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I do miss my baby so to play with."
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
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From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
precisely as stated
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, Treevor, he was a very fine boy, and I took so much care of him.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
at the time that
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I do miss my baby so to play with."
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE WAY OF THE GODS "But, Treevor, I am so very dull when you go out, and when you are working it is as bad.
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