Chapter 8 of The Duke's Prize is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Duke's Prize is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A RIVAL. Excellent! I smell a device. -Twelfth Night. EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
Chapter 8 of The Duke's Prize is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
From this reading “EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.”
show in, or as in, a picture
From this reading “EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.”
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
From this reading “I smell a device.”
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.”
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading “EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.”
be equal to in quality or ability
From this reading “A RIVAL.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “I smell a device.”
coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
From this reading “-Twelfth Night.”
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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 A RIVAL.
(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 EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
show in, or as in, a picture
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
From this reading I smell a device.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
very good; of the highest quality
From this reading Excellent!
plural of “fortune” — an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I smell a device.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading -Twelfth Night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
be equal to in quality or ability
From this reading A RIVAL.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
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From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading I smell a device.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
the rays of the sun
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
From this reading -Twelfth Night.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
belonging to which person
From this reading EVERY picture has its dark side-no scene is all sunshine; and so it is our duty to depict the shadow as well as the brightness of the fortunes of those whose story we relate.
Chapter 8 of The Duke's Prize by Maturin M. (Maturin Murray) Ballou holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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.
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