Chapter 10 of Martin Valliant is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Martin Valliant is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I am Martin Valliant. What do you want with me?” Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop. “Is that you, Brother Martin? I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
Chapter 10 of Martin Valliant is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading ““Is that you, Brother Martin?”
a fabric woven with lisle thread
From this reading “Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.”
move in loops
From this reading “Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.”
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading “I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading ““I am Martin Valliant.”
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading “Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.”
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.”
express in speech
From this reading “I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.”
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.
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am Martin Valliant.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Is that you, Brother Martin?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you want with me?”
opinion or judgment
From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
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From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am Martin Valliant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is that you, Brother Martin?
a fabric woven with lisle thread
From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
move in loops
From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “I am Martin Valliant.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What do you want with me?”
above and across; more than
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
express in speech
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Is that you, Brother Martin?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fulk de Lisle raised his eyes to the loop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I am Martin Valliant.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading What do you want with me?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you want with me?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading What do you want with me?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you want with me?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have come to speak with you as man to man, and to reason with you over your madness.
Chapter 10 of Martin Valliant by Warwick Deeping holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 10 holds 416 sentences of Martin Valliant, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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