Chapter 3 of Take the Reason Prisoner is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Take the Reason Prisoner is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But we can stop them on the streets. Then have our men drive them home. With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket." But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder. * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
Chapter 3 of Take the Reason Prisoner is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."”
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading “With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."”
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
From this reading “* * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “Then have our men drive them home.”
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading “But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder.”
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading “* * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.”
plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “"But we can stop them on the streets.”
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “* * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.”
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 “But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder.”
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 With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
later than; following
From this reading * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But we can stop them on the streets.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "But we can stop them on the streets.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
From this reading * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading Then have our men drive them home.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Then have our men drive them home.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Then have our men drive them home.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
the force of workers available
From this reading Then have our men drive them home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "But we can stop them on the streets.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Then have our men drive them home.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "But we can stop them on the streets.
plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading "But we can stop them on the streets.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "But we can stop them on the streets.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "But we can stop them on the streets.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then have our men drive them home.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading * * * * * The report came in after they had talked to Dalton.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the blanket was too late to stop the second murder.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "But we can stop them on the streets.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading With your help, General Mosby, we can cover this town like a blanket."
Chapter 3 of Take the Reason Prisoner by John J. (John Joseph) McGuire holds 521 sentences, grouped into 105 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 3 holds 521 sentences of Take the Reason Prisoner, unabridged, divided into 105 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Take the Reason Prisoner by John J. (John Joseph) McGuire exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 521 sentences, grouped into 105 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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