Chapter 28 of Peter the Brazen is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Peter the Brazen is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh! Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face." --TS'EN-TS'AN. A young man can get himself into trouble in China. He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
Chapter 28 of Peter the Brazen is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading “He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.”
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
From this reading “A young man can get himself into trouble in China.”
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading “He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.”
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."”
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."”
possessive form of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading “Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."”
your grandmother
From this reading “Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."”
possessive form of “nan” — your grandmother
From this reading “Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."”
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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 Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
next to; at the side of
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading A young man can get himself into trouble in China.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
From this reading A young man can get himself into trouble in China.
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
take in solid food
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading A young man can get himself into trouble in China.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading A young man can get himself into trouble in China.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
ten 10s
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A young man can get himself into trouble in China.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A young man can get himself into trouble in China.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
possessive form of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
your grandmother
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
possessive form of “nan” — your grandmother
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
show unwillingness towards
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
having come into contact
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
a source of difficulty
From this reading A young man can get himself into trouble in China.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --TS'EN-TS'AN.
marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results
From this reading He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him.
but in spite of that
From this reading Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading A young man can get himself into trouble in China.
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