Chapter 9 of The Heir is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Heir is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ONE TOO MANY. “Oh, I say! It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder. But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.” Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
Chapter 9 of The Heir is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
From this reading “Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.”
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.”
uttered with a trill
From this reading “It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.”
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading “But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.””
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading “Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.”
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.””
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.
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cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading “But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.””
get rid of
In this reading “Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.”
In this reading “ONE TOO MANY.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
the first light of day
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I say!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
set down according to a plan
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
engage in
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading ONE TOO MANY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I say!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONE TOO MANY.
above and across; more than
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
with resentment; in a resentful manner
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
uttered with a trill
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
express in words
From this reading “Oh, I say!
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Throwing off the rug, Maurice sat up, blinking in the grey light of dawn.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading ONE TOO MANY.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But the hand shook him slightly, and Wylie’s voice said, “Wake up, and don’t make a row.”
but in spite of that
From this reading It can’t be time to get up yet,” groaned Maurice, rolling over resentfully on his couch of pine-needles as a hand was laid on his shoulder.
Chapter 9 of The Heir by Sydney C. Grier holds 225 sentences, grouped into 45 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 9 holds 225 sentences of The Heir, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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