Chapter 10 of The Best Made Plans is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Best Made Plans is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again. The emergency food pack was there. Unbroken, too. He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings. The food concentrate actually tasted good.
Chapter 10 of The Best Made Plans is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make denser, stronger, or purer
From this reading “The food concentrate actually tasted good.”
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
From this reading “The emergency food pack was there.”
plural of “fastening” — restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
From this reading “He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.”
past form of “fish” — seek indirectly
From this reading “He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.”
someone who travels by air
From this reading “He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.”
-ing form of “force” — to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
From this reading “He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.”
past form of “inch” — advance slowly, as if by inches
From this reading “He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.”
marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence
From this reading “Unbroken, too.”
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 He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
in actual fact
From this reading The food concentrate actually tasted good.
anew
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
make denser, stronger, or purer
From this reading The food concentrate actually tasted good.
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
From this reading The emergency food pack was there.
plural of “fastening” — restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
past form of “fish” — seek indirectly
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
someone who travels by air
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading The emergency food pack was there.
-ing form of “force” — to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The food concentrate actually tasted good.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
past form of “inch” — advance slowly, as if by inches
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
bestow a quality on
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
arrange in a container
From this reading The emergency food pack was there.
precisely, exactly
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
past form of “taste” — have flavor; taste of something
From this reading The food concentrate actually tasted good.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The emergency food pack was there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Unbroken, too.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned back and inched himself inside the flier again.
marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence
From this reading Unbroken, too.
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The emergency food pack was there.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading He fished it out and opened it, forcing the almost useless left arm to lend a little support as the right worked at the fastenings.
Chapter 10 of The Best Made Plans by Everett B. Cole holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 441 sentences of The Best Made Plans, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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