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Chapter 6 of Men, Women, and Boats is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan. The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him. He grew angry at the tall man awakening him. They quarrelled. "Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."
Chapter 6 of Men, Women, and Boats is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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feeling or showing anger
From this reading “He grew angry at the tall man awakening him.”
the act of waking
From this reading “He grew angry at the tall man awakening him.”
without deviation
From this reading “Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.”
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading “"Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “"Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."”
relating to or covered with or resembling freckles
From this reading “The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.”
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading “Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.”
plural of “misery” — a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading “The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.”
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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 "Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading He grew angry at the tall man awakening him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He grew angry at the tall man awakening him.
the act of waking
From this reading He grew angry at the tall man awakening him.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
without deviation
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading "Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading "Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."
relating to or covered with or resembling freckles
From this reading The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading He grew angry at the tall man awakening him.
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He grew angry at the tall man awakening him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
plural of “misery” — a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
From this reading The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They quarrelled.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They quarrelled.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."
(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," said the tall man, finally, "we're in a fix."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Directly the tall man went and lay down and began to groan.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading The freckled man felt the miseries of the world upon him.
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