Chapter 19 of Life Blood is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Life Blood is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Who the fuck is this? We don't open till nine." The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again. "It's Morgan James, you shit. Why did you leave me stranded up here?
Chapter 19 of Life Blood is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading “The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.”
overly self-confident or self-assertive
From this reading “The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.”
slang for sexual intercourse
From this reading “"Who the fuck is this?”
anemic looking from illness or emotion
From this reading “The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.”
United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
From this reading “"It's Morgan James, you shit.”
obscene terms for feces
From this reading “"It's Morgan James, you shit.”
cut off or left behind
From this reading “Why did you leave me stranded up here?”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.”
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 “We don't open till nine."”
anew
In this reading “The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.”
In this reading “The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.”
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 The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
anew
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
(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 The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
overly self-confident or self-assertive
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did you leave me stranded up here?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We don't open till nine."
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
slang for sexual intercourse
From this reading "Who the fuck is this?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Why did you leave me stranded up here?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who the fuck is this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's Morgan James, you shit.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading "It's Morgan James, you shit.
go away from a place
From this reading Why did you leave me stranded up here?
anemic looking from illness or emotion
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
From this reading "It's Morgan James, you shit.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading We don't open till nine."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading We don't open till nine."
above and across; more than
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
obscene terms for feces
From this reading "It's Morgan James, you shit.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
cut off or left behind
From this reading Why did you leave me stranded up here?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Who the fuck is this?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Who the fuck is this?
up to a particular time
From this reading We don't open till nine."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Why did you leave me stranded up here?
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading The first sound of his voice brought a wave of relief, but then his cocky attitude made me livid all over again.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We don't open till nine."
which person or people
From this reading "Who the fuck is this?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did you leave me stranded up here?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It's Morgan James, you shit.
Chapter 19 of Life Blood by Thomas Hoover holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 19 holds 411 sentences of Life Blood, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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