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The Everlasting Arms

Chapter XX

Chapter 20 of The Everlasting Arms is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Joseph Hocking • Curated US English Learning Edition
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"THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.
"Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.
And even if I were, the remedy is impossible.
England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."
"And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Everlasting Arms

Chapter XX

Chapter 20 of The Everlasting Arms is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.
/ðə ˈkʌntri fɔːr ðə ˈpiːpəl bʌt juː ɑːr mæd sed ðə jʌŋ mæn æt leŋkθ/
Line 2
"Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.
/ˈiːvɪn ɪf juː ɑːr raɪt ɪn jɔːr ˌdaɪəɡˈnoʊsəs ʌv ðə dɪˈziːz frʌm wɪtʃ ðə ˈkʌntri ɪz ˈsʌfərɪŋ ɪf ðə ˈremədi juː səˈdʒest ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli wʌn aɪ æm nɑːt ðə mæn juː niːd/
Line 3
And even if I were, the remedy is impossible.
/ənd ˈiːvɪn ɪf aɪ wɜːr ðə ˈremədi ɪz ˌɪmˈpɑːsəbəl/
Line 4
England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."
Line 5
"And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

Learner Dictionary

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diagnosis noun US /ˌdaɪəɡˈnoʊsəs/

identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

From this reading “"Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
disease noun US /dɪˈziːz/

an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

From this reading “"Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
joke noun US /dʒoʊk/

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading “"And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Lenin noun US /ˈlenən/

Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)

From this reading “"And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
remedy noun US /ˈremədi/

act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

From this reading “"Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Russia noun US /ˈrʌʃə/

a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

From this reading “England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
suggest verb US /səˈdʒest/

make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading “"Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Trotsky noun US /ˈtrɑːtskiː/

Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)

From this reading “"And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

hundred years noun + noun

In this reading “England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."”

14,971 times in 426,211 chapters
at length preposition + noun

in a lengthy or prolix manner

In this reading “"THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.”

83,317 times in 426,211 chapters
young man adjective + noun

a teenager or a young adult male

In this reading “"THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.”

130,774 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 59

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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
agoadverbUS /əˈɡoʊ/

in the past

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And even if I were, the remedy is impossible.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
BrownnounUS /braʊn/

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
COUNTRYnounUS /ˈkʌntri/

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
diagnosisnounUS /ˌdaɪəɡˈnoʊsəs/

identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
diseasenounUS /dɪˈziːz/

an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
eh

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

Pending verification
EnglandnounUS /ˈɪŋɡlənd/

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
EvenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/

divisible by two

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
FrancenounUS /fræns/

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hundrednounUS /ˈhʌndrəd/

ten 10s

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
impossibleadjectiveUS /ˌɪmˈpɑːsəbəl/

not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

From this reading And even if I were, the remedy is impossible.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
JohnnounUS /dʒɑːn/

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
jokenounUS /dʒoʊk/

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
laughedverbUS /læft/

past form of “laugh” — produce laughter

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lengthnounUS /leŋkθ/

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
LeninnounUS /ˈlenən/

Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
madadjectiveUS /mæd/

roused to anger

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mannounUS /mæn/

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/

a form of address for a man

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
neednounUS /niːd/

a condition requiring relief

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
PEOPLEnounUS /ˈpiːpəl/

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
remedynounUS /ˈremədi/

act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rightadverbUS /raɪt/

precisely, exactly

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
RussianounUS /ˈrʌʃə/

a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
sufferingnounUS /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/

a state of acute pain

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
suggestverbUS /səˈdʒest/

make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
to-day

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

Pending verification
TrotskynounUS /ˈtrɑːtskiː/

Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading And even if I were, the remedy is impossible.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading "And you are not a Lenin, a Trotsky, eh?" and Mr. John Brown laughed like a man who had made a joke.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
yearsnounUS /jɪrz/

a late time of life

From this reading England is not where France was a hundred years ago; she is not where Russia is to-day."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
youngadjectiveUS /jʌŋ/

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading "THE COUNTRY FOR THE PEOPLE" "But you _are_ mad," said the young man at length.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Even if you are right in your diagnosis of the disease from which the country is suffering, if the remedy you suggest is the only one, I am not the man you need.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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