Chapter 26 of Syndrome is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Syndrome is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M. _ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?" He leaned over and shook her. Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open. "Where .
Chapter 26 of Syndrome is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a friendly nation
From this reading “_ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?"”
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “_Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M.”
plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading “Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.”
past form of “flutter” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading “Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.”
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading “_ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?"”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “He leaned over and shook her.”
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
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In this reading “He leaned over and shook her.”
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From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M.
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From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M.
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From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading _ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?"
a friendly nation
From this reading _ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He leaned over and shook her.
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?"
plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
From this reading Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.
past form of “flutter” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He leaned over and shook her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He leaned over and shook her.
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading _ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?"
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading He leaned over and shook her.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.
above and across; more than
From this reading He leaned over and shook her.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M.
precisely, exactly
From this reading _ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading He leaned over and shook her.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Finally she jumped, and then her eyelids fluttered open.
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 7:20 P.M.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where .
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _ "Jesus, Ally, are you all right?"
Chapter 26 of Syndrome by Thomas Hoover holds 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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 26 holds 246 sentences of Syndrome, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of Syndrome by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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 50 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 50 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 26 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 600 minutes of reading across 2038 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Syndrome, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
