Chapter 10 of Peccavi is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Peccavi is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes, I heard. Tom, I'm so sorry for you!" Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced. "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy. "Her troubles are over, poor thing.
Chapter 10 of Peccavi is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.”
muscular and heavily built
From this reading “"There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.”
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading “"There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “Tom, I'm so sorry for you!"”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.”
male cat
From this reading “Tom, I'm so sorry for you!"”
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading “"Her troubles are over, poor thing.”
past form of “wince” — draw back, as with fear or pain
From this reading “Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"Her troubles are over, poor thing.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Her troubles are over, poor thing.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Tom, I'm so sorry for you!"
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Yes, I heard.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Her troubles are over, poor thing.
muscular and heavily built
From this reading "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, I heard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tom, I'm so sorry for you!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Her troubles are over, poor thing.
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Her troubles are over, poor thing.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Tom, I'm so sorry for you!"
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading Tom, I'm so sorry for you!"
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.
a special situation
From this reading "Her troubles are over, poor thing.
up to a particular time
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
male cat
From this reading Tom, I'm so sorry for you!"
plural of “trouble” — a source of difficulty
From this reading "Her troubles are over, poor thing.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
past form of “wince” — draw back, as with fear or pain
From this reading Their hands flew together, and were one till Carlton winced.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "There's nothun to be sorry for," said Tom, with husky philosophy.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, I heard.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Tom, I'm so sorry for you!"
Chapter 10 of Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung 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 Peccavi, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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