Chapter 5 of Mr. Achilles is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Mr. Achilles is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off. “Don’t try, Alcie. Never mind--it’s all right. Don’t mind!” But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
Chapter 5 of Mr. Achilles is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.”
at or to or toward the front
From this reading “But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.”
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading “Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.”
convulsive gasp made while weeping
From this reading “But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.”
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading “But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading ““Don’t try, Alcie.”
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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 But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t try, Alcie.
(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 Never mind--it’s all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.
a youthful male person
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t try, Alcie.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Never mind--it’s all right.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Never mind--it’s all right.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never mind--it’s all right.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Never mind--it’s all right.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.
convulsive gasp made while weeping
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Achilles’s hand passed before them and shut them off.
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “Don’t try, Alcie.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the boy had thrown himself forward with a long cry, sobbing.
Chapter 5 of Mr. Achilles by Jennette Lee holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 404 sentences of Mr. Achilles, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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