Chapter 4 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hall rubbed the right side of his face. "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?" "No. It would be better if you left here alone." "But how about you?" "There's no danger, old man.
Chapter 4 of The Five Arrows is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “"No. It would be better if you left here alone."”
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “"No. It would be better if you left here alone."”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading “"Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"”
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading “"There's no danger, old man.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “Hall rubbed the right side of his face.”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “"Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"”
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading “Hall rubbed the right side of his face.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “Hall rubbed the right side of his face.”
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.
a man who is very old
In this reading “"There's no danger, old man.”
In this reading “"Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"”
In this reading “"No. It would be better if you left here alone."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "But how about you?"
Having no one else present.
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But how about you?"
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading "There's no danger, old man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Hall rubbed the right side of his face.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Hall rubbed the right side of his face.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hall rubbed the right side of his face.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But how about you?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "There's no danger, old man.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hall rubbed the right side of his face.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "There's no danger, old man.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
precisely, exactly
From this reading Hall rubbed the right side of his face.
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading Hall rubbed the right side of his face.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Hall rubbed the right side of his face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hall rubbed the right side of his face.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's no danger, old man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "No. It would be better if you left here alone."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why don't you ride back with me, and then continue on out to your house?"
Chapter 4 of The Five Arrows by Allan Chase holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 4 holds 408 sentences of The Five Arrows, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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