Chapter 8 of The Lady of Loyalty House: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Lady of Loyalty House: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The fortune of war!" Brilliana gave a bitter laugh. "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly! Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe. You shall have the best horse in my stable.
Chapter 8 of The Lady of Loyalty House: A Novel is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading “Brilliana gave a bitter laugh.”
a university in England
From this reading “Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “"I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “"The fortune of war!"”
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading “Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.”
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.”
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading “You shall have the best horse in my stable.”
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 Brilliana gave a bitter laugh.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading You shall have the best horse in my stable.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading Brilliana gave a bitter laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Brilliana gave a bitter laugh.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
a university in England
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading "The fortune of war!"
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Brilliana gave a bitter laugh.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading You shall have the best horse in my stable.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You shall have the best horse in my stable.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Brilliana gave a bitter laugh.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You shall have the best horse in my stable.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The fortune of war!"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
except for; apart from
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
express in words
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading You shall have the best horse in my stable.
term of address for a man
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading You shall have the best horse in my stable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The fortune of war!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading "The fortune of war!"
in or at the place that
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Ride hot and hard to Cambridge, where you will be safe.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I would not have you die to save--Oh, I must not say--but fly, sir, fly!
Chapter 8 of The Lady of Loyalty House: A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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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