Chapter 6 of The Best Man is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Best Man is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I could have passed by the man who struck me." "Oh, pshaw! A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth. It was the bulliest fight I ever saw. It was magnificent!
Chapter 6 of The Best Man is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “It was the bulliest fight I ever saw.”
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.”
characteristic of humanity
From this reading “A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.”
characterized by grandeur
From this reading “It was magnificent!”
and nothing more
From this reading “A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.”
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading “"I could have passed by the man who struck me."”
plural of “wear” — impairment resulting from long use
From this reading “A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.”
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.
move past
In this reading “"I could have passed by the man who struck me."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
for the reason that
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the bulliest fight I ever saw.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
at any time
From this reading It was the bulliest fight I ever saw.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading It was the bulliest fight I ever saw.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the bulliest fight I ever saw.
characterized by grandeur
From this reading It was magnificent!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, pshaw!
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, pshaw!
cut with a saw
From this reading It was the bulliest fight I ever saw.
and nothing more
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the bulliest fight I ever saw.
plural of “wear” — impairment resulting from long use
From this reading A man can not help being human simply because he wears the cloth.
which person or people
From this reading "I could have passed by the man who struck me."
Chapter 6 of The Best Man by Harold MacGrath holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 6 holds 426 sentences of The Best Man, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Best Man by Harold MacGrath exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
Work through the 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Best Man, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
