Chapter 8 of Hellflower is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Hellflower is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice. "So you are not making fun of me. You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?" Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles." "Masks?
Chapter 8 of Hellflower is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading “Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."”
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading “"So you are not making fun of me.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"”
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “"All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.”
plural of “mask” — a covering to disguise or conceal the face
From this reading “Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."”
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading “You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"So you are not making fun of me.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."”
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 You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
(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 "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "So you are not making fun of me.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
let fall to the ground
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading "So you are not making fun of me.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
destroyed or killed
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "So you are not making fun of me.
plural of “mask” — a covering to disguise or conceal the face
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "So you are not making fun of me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "So you are not making fun of me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "So you are not making fun of me.
and nothing more
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you are not making fun of me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
precisely as stated
From this reading You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "All right," she said, and the humor was gone from her voice.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Farradyne thought fast but came up with only, "What makes you think--" "Let's drop our masks, Charles."
in the company of; together with
From this reading You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you are not making fun of me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've been playing a very serious game with me, haven't you?"
Chapter 8 of Hellflower by George O. (George Oliver) Smith holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 405 sentences of Hellflower, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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