Chapter 5 of The Brass Bowl is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Brass Bowl is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You have many such?" "For convenience one tries to have one in each city." "And this----?" "Oh, I have him fixed, all right. He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
Chapter 5 of The Brass Bowl is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take into custody
From this reading “He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."”
past form of “confide” — reveal in private; tell confidentially
From this reading “He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."”
the state of being suitable or opportune
From this reading “"For convenience one tries to have one in each city."”
plural of “development” — act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
From this reading “He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."”
plural of “intention” — an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading “He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."”
up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
From this reading “He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."”
English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)
From this reading “He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."”
plural of “try” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “"For convenience one tries to have one in each city."”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Oh, I have him fixed, all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And this----?"
take into custody
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading "For convenience one tries to have one in each city."
past form of “confide” — reveal in private; tell confidentially
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
the state of being suitable or opportune
From this reading "For convenience one tries to have one in each city."
plural of “development” — act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading "For convenience one tries to have one in each city."
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading "Oh, I have him fixed, all right.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For convenience one tries to have one in each city."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You have many such?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, I have him fixed, all right.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I have him fixed, all right.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "For convenience one tries to have one in each city."
plural of “intention” — an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "You have many such?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
having official authority or sanction
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, I have him fixed, all right.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "For convenience one tries to have one in each city."
(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Oh, I have him fixed, all right.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "You have many such?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "And this----?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "For convenience one tries to have one in each city."
plural of “try” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading "For convenience one tries to have one in each city."
in the company of; together with
From this reading He confided to me all the latest developments and official intentions with regard to the Maitland arrest."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You have many such?"
Chapter 5 of The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 5 holds 414 sentences of The Brass Bowl, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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