Chapter 11 of Gunman's Reckoning is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Gunman's Reckoning is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman. A strange thing happened then. Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk. He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back. "You are Garry?
Chapter 11 of Gunman's Reckoning is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a long trough for feeding cattle
From this reading “Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.”
held up in the air
From this reading “Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.”
in a literal sense
From this reading “Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.”
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading “And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.”
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading “He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.”
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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 And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are Garry?
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 He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
a long trough for feeding cattle
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You are Garry?
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading A strange thing happened then.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
held up in the air
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
in a literal sense
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
not in physical motion
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading A strange thing happened then.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading A strange thing happened then.
a special situation
From this reading A strange thing happened then.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Lord Nick lifted the little man in his arms as if he were a child and literally carried him in that fashion to the bunk.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He put him down tenderly, still with one mighty arm around his back.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading And the tears rolled down his face; he sobbed like a woman.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are Garry?
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