Chapter 5 of Hearts and Masks is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Hearts and Masks is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You are hungry? Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's. I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt. There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee." "Lovely!"
Chapter 5 of Hearts and Masks is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
in a state of sleep
From this reading “I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.”
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading “There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.”
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading “There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “"You are hungry?”
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “"Lovely!"”
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading “I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.”
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 I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are hungry?
in a state of sleep
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
an occurrence of something
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading "You are hungry?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading "Lovely!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
at the time that
From this reading Well, we'll fix that when we get to Moriarty's.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I'll find a way of waking him up, in case he's asleep, which I doubt.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There will be cold chicken and ham and hot coffee."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are hungry?
Chapter 5 of Hearts and Masks by Harold MacGrath holds 445 sentences, grouped into 89 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 445 sentences of Hearts and Masks, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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