Chapter 8 of Sam is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Sam is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Active, my dear! Why, he’s violent. My knuckles are still aching. Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?" "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
Chapter 8 of Sam is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading “My knuckles are still aching.”
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading “"Active, my dear!”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"”
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading “Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"”
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
From this reading “"We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.”
(used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
From this reading “My knuckles are still aching.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"”
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading “Why, he’s violent.”
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.
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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 "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading My knuckles are still aching.
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading "Active, my dear!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My knuckles are still aching.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
dearly loved
From this reading "Active, my dear!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, he’s violent.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
From this reading "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
(used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
From this reading My knuckles are still aching.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Active, my dear!
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
not in physical motion
From this reading My knuckles are still aching.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading Why, he’s violent.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "We might as well," said Rosalind in a hopeless voice.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, he’s violent.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you really think we ought to let him have ham—and coffee?"
Chapter 8 of Sam by E. J. Rath holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 402 sentences of Sam, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Sam by E. J. Rath exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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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