Chapter 5 of The House of the Arrow is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The House of the Arrow is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"To come to this house?" "I am expecting him now." "That's capital," cried Jim. "I shall meet him, then! The damned rogue!
Chapter 5 of The House of the Arrow is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading “"That's capital," cried Jim.”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “"That's capital," cried Jim.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “The damned rogue!”
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “"I am expecting him now."”
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “"To come to this house?"”
come together
From this reading “"I shall meet him, then!”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “The damned rogue!”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"I shall meet him, then!”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am expecting him now."
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From this reading "That's capital," cried Jim.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "To come to this house?"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "That's capital," cried Jim.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading The damned rogue!
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading "I am expecting him now."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I am expecting him now."
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading "To come to this house?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am expecting him now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's capital," cried Jim.
come together
From this reading "I shall meet him, then!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "I am expecting him now."
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading The damned rogue!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I shall meet him, then!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's capital," cried Jim.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The damned rogue!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "I shall meet him, then!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "To come to this house?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "To come to this house?"
Chapter 5 of The House of the Arrow by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 5 holds 418 sentences of The House of the Arrow, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The House of the Arrow by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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