Chapter 5 of Smoke of the .45 is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Smoke of the .45 is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded. Gallup paused to buy himself a drink. Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out. Hobe’s face was glum. The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
Chapter 5 of Smoke of the .45 is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
From this reading “Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.”
the process of gradually becoming inferior
From this reading “The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.”
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading “Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.”
past form of “found” — set up or found
From this reading “THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.”
a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border
From this reading “Gallup paused to buy himself a drink.”
moody and melancholic
From this reading “Hobe’s face was glum.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading “Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.”
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.
move out of or depart from
In this reading “Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Gallup paused to buy himself a drink.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Gallup paused to buy himself a drink.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
the process of gradually becoming inferior
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
take in liquids
From this reading Gallup paused to buy himself a drink.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Hobe’s face was glum.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
past form of “found” — set up or found
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border
From this reading Gallup paused to buy himself a drink.
moody and melancholic
From this reading Hobe’s face was glum.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Gallup paused to buy himself a drink.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hobe’s face was glum.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
and nothing more
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading Gallup paused to buy himself a drink.
established beyond doubt
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
an angry dispute
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gallup paused to buy himself a drink.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
(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 THE FIRST CLEW Scanlon’s fear that the night was ruined as far as he was concerned proved well founded.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Kent and his foreman came down as the coroner went out.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The old man’s run-in with Johnny and his pal was only another evidence of his coming decay.
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