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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him. But you're right about Katherine. We have always depended on each other. I think I'll go out after dinner." "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
Chapter 1 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 775 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 65/155 · 5 reading units · Lines 321–325
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.”
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading “"Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.”
past form of “depend” — be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading “We have always depended on each other.”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “I think I'll go out after dinner."”
every person
From this reading “It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “"Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.”
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading “It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.”
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading “"Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.”
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 "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But you're right about Katherine.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
later than; following
From this reading I think I'll go out after dinner."
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But you're right about Katherine.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
past form of “depend” — be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading We have always depended on each other.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading I think I'll go out after dinner."
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading We have always depended on each other.
every person
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I think I'll go out after dinner."
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have always depended on each other.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think I'll go out after dinner."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think I'll go out after dinner."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But you're right about Katherine.
engage in
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We have always depended on each other.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading We have always depended on each other.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I think I'll go out after dinner."
precisely, exactly
From this reading But you're right about Katherine.
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think I'll go out after dinner."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's always been his system to make everybody and everything afraid of him.
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have always depended on each other.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Then come have a bite with me," Graham urged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But you're right about Katherine.
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