Chapter 8 of The Brother of a Hero is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Brother of a Hero is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course. We are trying to remember your name. That’s why we didn’t invite you in. How do you do?” “Fine.”
Chapter 8 of The Brother of a Hero is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.”
drive away by hitting with one's ball
From this reading “CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.”
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading ““Fine.””
increase the likelihood of
From this reading “That’s why we didn’t invite you in.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “We are trying to remember your name.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “We are trying to remember your name.”
hard to endure
From this reading “We are trying to remember your name.”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are trying to remember your name.
plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.
drive away by hitting with one's ball
From this reading CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s why we didn’t invite you in.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How do you do?”
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “Fine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How do you do?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That’s why we didn’t invite you in.
increase the likelihood of
From this reading That’s why we didn’t invite you in.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading We are trying to remember your name.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CROQUET AND CONFESSIONS “Of course.
To recall to mind.
From this reading We are trying to remember your name.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s why we didn’t invite you in.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We are trying to remember your name.
hard to endure
From this reading We are trying to remember your name.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are trying to remember your name.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading That’s why we didn’t invite you in.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That’s why we didn’t invite you in.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We are trying to remember your name.
Chapter 8 of The Brother of a Hero by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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 8 holds 209 sentences of The Brother of a Hero, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Brother of a Hero by Ralph Henry Barbour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
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