Chapter 3 of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face. “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this? But was there anything done?” “A terra-cotta bust, I believe. Good?
Chapter 3 of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading ““H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?”
ruin completely
From this reading ““A terra-cotta bust, I believe.”
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
From this reading “Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.”
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading “Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.”
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
From this reading “Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.”
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading “Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.”
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading ““H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?”
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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 “A terra-cotta bust, I believe.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
any thing at all
From this reading But was there anything done?”
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “A terra-cotta bust, I believe.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
ruin completely
From this reading “A terra-cotta bust, I believe.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But was there anything done?”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading But was there anything done?”
divisible by two
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
the act of retaining something
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “A terra-cotta bust, I believe.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
below the surround or below the normal position
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A terra-cotta bust, I believe.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mills lowered the hands holding the extinct and even cold pipe before his big face.
in or at that place or location
From this reading But was there anything done?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “H’m, shoot an arrow into that old man’s heart like this?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But was there anything done?”
Chapter 3 of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad holds 390 sentences, grouped into 78 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 390 sentences of The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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