Chapter 8 of Lo, Michael! is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Lo, Michael! is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move. Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first: “Hit him again, Sam!” Those were the words. What did they mean?
Chapter 8 of Lo, Michael! is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading “Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.”
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading “Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.”
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
From this reading “Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading “Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.”
located inward
From this reading “Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:”
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading “Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading ““Hit him again, Sam!””
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
From this reading “Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.”
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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 Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
anew
From this reading “Hit him again, Sam!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
any thing at all
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did they mean?
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Hit him again, Sam!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
cause to move by striking
From this reading “Hit him again, Sam!”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
located inward
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
immediately past
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What did they mean?
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Hit him again, Sam!”
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
in or at that place or location
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What did they mean?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those were the words.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those were the words.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did they mean?
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Michael awoke in the hospital with a bandage around his head and a stinging pain in his shoulder whenever he tried to move.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Back in his inner consciousness there sounded the last words he heard before he fell, but he could not connect them with anything at first:
Chapter 8 of Lo, Michael! by Grace Livingston Hill holds 315 sentences, grouped into 63 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.
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