Chapter 10 of Temptations is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Temptations is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Suddenly his blood rushed to his head. He sat up quickly. He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail. They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole. He became strangely warm.
Chapter 10 of Temptations is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading “He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.”
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
From this reading “He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.”
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.”
provided with a secure reputation
From this reading “He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.”
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading “They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.”
done under pressure
From this reading “Suddenly his blood rushed to his head.”
in a strange manner
From this reading “He became strangely warm.”
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 “They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.”
In this reading “He became strangely warm.”
In this reading “He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.”
In this reading “They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.”
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 They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading He became strangely warm.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Suddenly his blood rushed to his head.
put or send forth
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sat up quickly.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Suddenly his blood rushed to his head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Suddenly his blood rushed to his head.
an opening into or through something
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
with speed
From this reading He sat up quickly.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
provided with a secure reputation
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
done under pressure
From this reading Suddenly his blood rushed to his head.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat up quickly.
in a strange manner
From this reading He became strangely warm.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly his blood rushed to his head.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had given him a good rubbing and had cast him into a dark hole.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Suddenly his blood rushed to his head.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He sat up quickly.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading He became strangely warm.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He recognised the bars and now realised that he was in jail.
Chapter 10 of Temptations by David Pinski holds 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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 359 sentences of Temptations, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Temptations by David Pinski exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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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