Chapter 8 of Forge and furnace: A novel is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Forge and furnace: A novel is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANOTHER STEP UPWARD. Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling. Why had he been dismissed so abruptly? Why had he been dismissed at all? It was on Christian’s account apparently.
Chapter 8 of Forge and furnace: A novel is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quickly and without warning
From this reading “Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?”
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading “It was on Christian’s account apparently.”
from appearances alone
From this reading “It was on Christian’s account apparently.”
having lost your job
From this reading “Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?”
house for a farmer and family
From this reading “Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.”
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading “ANOTHER STEP UPWARD.”
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading “Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.”
directed up
From this reading “ANOTHER STEP UPWARD.”
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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 Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
quickly and without warning
From this reading Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading It was on Christian’s account apparently.
(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 had he been dismissed at all?
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ANOTHER STEP UPWARD.
from appearances alone
From this reading It was on Christian’s account apparently.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Why had he been dismissed at all?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was on Christian’s account apparently.
having lost your job
From this reading Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?
house for a farmer and family
From this reading Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was on Christian’s account apparently.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was on Christian’s account apparently.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading ANOTHER STEP UPWARD.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading Bram left the farmhouse in a tumult of feeling.
directed up
From this reading ANOTHER STEP UPWARD.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was on Christian’s account apparently.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why had he been dismissed so abruptly?
Chapter 8 of Forge and furnace: A novel by Florence Warden holds 144 sentences, grouped into 29 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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