Chapter 8 of North by night is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of North by night is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tim smiled. The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.” He lowered his eyes and frowned again. “Do you have any news of my father? Lieutenant Curtis is his name.
Chapter 8 of North by night is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.””
English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
From this reading “Lieutenant Curtis is his name.”
past form of “frown” — look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
From this reading “He lowered his eyes and frowned again.”
a commissioned military officer
From this reading “Lieutenant Curtis is his name.”
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading “He lowered his eyes and frowned again.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Lieutenant Curtis is his name.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading ““Do you have any news of my father?”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Tim smiled.”
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In this reading ““Do you have any news of my father?”
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anew
From this reading He lowered his eyes and frowned again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He lowered his eyes and frowned again.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “Do you have any news of my father?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
From this reading Lieutenant Curtis is his name.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you have any news of my father?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading He lowered his eyes and frowned again.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Do you have any news of my father?
past form of “frown” — look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
From this reading He lowered his eyes and frowned again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Do you have any news of my father?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He lowered his eyes and frowned again.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He lowered his eyes and frowned again.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lieutenant Curtis is his name.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading Lieutenant Curtis is his name.
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading He lowered his eyes and frowned again.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Do you have any news of my father?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Lieutenant Curtis is his name.
information about recent and important events
From this reading “Do you have any news of my father?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Do you have any news of my father?
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Tim smiled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tim smiled.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you have any news of my father?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boy said, “You’re most as good-lookin’ as people down here.”
Chapter 8 of North by night by Peter Burchard holds 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 8 holds 444 sentences of North by night, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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