Chapter 9 of The Faith of Men is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Faith of Men is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Drop it! Drop it, I say!" Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim. The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger. "My God!"
Chapter 9 of The Faith of Men is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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getting two things to correspond
From this reading “The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.”
someone who communicates by means of letters
From this reading “The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.”
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
From this reading “Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.”
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading “The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.”
temporarily incapable of speaking
From this reading “The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.”
sweep across or over
From this reading “Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.”
a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
From this reading “The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.”
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point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
getting two things to correspond
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
someone who communicates by means of letters
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
let fall to the ground
From this reading "Drop it!
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "My God!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Drop it, I say!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Drop it!
past form of “manage” — be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My God!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
above and across; more than
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
express in words
From this reading Drop it, I say!"
temporarily incapable of speaking
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
sweep across or over
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
Chapter 9 of The Faith of Men by Jack London holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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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