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Chapter 28 of The Christian: A Story is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Can I sleep you, sir? We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said: “Are you from the Settlement, sir?” John Storm made some inarticulate reply. “Thort ye might be, sir.
Chapter 28 of The Christian: A Story is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
From this reading “We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:”
with attention; in an attentive manner
From this reading “We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:”
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading “We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:”
without or deprived of the use of speech or words
From this reading “John Storm made some inarticulate reply.”
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading “John Storm made some inarticulate reply.”
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading ““Are you from the Settlement, sir?””
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “John Storm made some inarticulate reply.”
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making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you from the Settlement, sir?”
with attention; in an attentive manner
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Thort ye might be, sir.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Can I sleep you, sir?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Are you from the Settlement, sir?”
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Can I sleep you, sir?
without or deprived of the use of speech or words
From this reading John Storm made some inarticulate reply.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading John Storm made some inarticulate reply.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading John Storm made some inarticulate reply.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Thort ye might be, sir.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
not any; not one
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading John Storm made some inarticulate reply.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “Are you from the Settlement, sir?”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Can I sleep you, sir?
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “Can I sleep you, sir?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading John Storm made some inarticulate reply.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading John Storm made some inarticulate reply.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Are you from the Settlement, sir?”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thort ye might be, sir.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We ain't got no accommodation for gentlemen----” and then he stopped, looked more attentively, and said:
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “Thort ye might be, sir.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Can I sleep you, sir?
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