Chapter 10 of Preferred Risk is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Preferred Risk is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh--" he shrugged. "I have not said that. What do you want?" "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while." He pursed his lips.
Chapter 10 of Preferred Risk 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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a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “"Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “"Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."”
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “"Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."”
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading “He pursed his lips.”
past form of “purse” — contract one's lips into a rounded shape
From this reading “He pursed his lips.”
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “"Oh--" he shrugged.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “"Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “What do you want?"”
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 “"Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."”
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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 "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you want?"
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have not said that.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh--" he shrugged.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He pursed his lips.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have not said that.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading He pursed his lips.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I have not said that.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh--" he shrugged.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
past form of “purse” — contract one's lips into a rounded shape
From this reading He pursed his lips.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I have not said that.
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading "Oh--" he shrugged.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I have not said that.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading What do you want?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you want?"
during the time that
From this reading "Food, a doctor, and a place for three of us to hide for a while."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you want?"
Chapter 10 of Preferred Risk by Edson McCann 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 Preferred Risk, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Preferred Risk by Edson McCann 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.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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