Chapter 2 of Garrison's finish is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Garrison's finish is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HEAVY HAND OF FATE. Garrison left Long Island for New York that night. When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action. It recoils to its native soil. New York was Garrison's home.
Chapter 2 of Garrison's finish is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading “Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading “It recoils to its native soil.”
plural of “recoil” — the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
From this reading “It recoils to its native soil.”
the state of being covered with unclean things
From this reading “It recoils to its native soil.”
third-person singular of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading “When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading THE HEAVY HAND OF FATE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading New York was Garrison's home.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading THE HEAVY HAND OF FATE.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading THE HEAVY HAND OF FATE.
cause to move by striking
From this reading When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading New York was Garrison's home.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It recoils to its native soil.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It recoils to its native soil.
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 Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
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 Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading It recoils to its native soil.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HEAVY HAND OF FATE.
plural of “recoil” — the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
From this reading It recoils to its native soil.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
the state of being covered with unclean things
From this reading It recoils to its native soil.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
third-person singular of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HEAVY HAND OF FATE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It recoils to its native soil.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading New York was Garrison's home.
at the time that
From this reading When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Garrison left Long Island for New York that night.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When you are hard hit the soul suffers a reflex-action.
Chapter 2 of Garrison's finish by W. B. M. (William Blair Morton) Ferguson holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 2 holds 216 sentences of Garrison's finish, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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