Chapter 38 of The Land of Strong Men is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 38 of The Land of Strong Men is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay. Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French. The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly. "I thought it was you," he said. "Nobody else could have made as good time.
Chapter 38 of The Land of Strong Men is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
From this reading “Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.”
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading “STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.”
the failure to obey
From this reading “STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.”
inflected form of “forbid” — command against
From this reading “STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “"Nobody else could have made as good time.”
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading “The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.”
for a short time
From this reading “The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.”
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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temporarily
In this reading “The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.”
In this reading “STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.”
a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
In this reading “"Nobody else could have made as good time.”
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 Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Nobody else could have made as good time.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "Nobody else could have made as good time.
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.
the failure to obey
From this reading STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nobody else could have made as good time.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
inflected form of “forbid” — command against
From this reading STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Nobody else could have made as good time.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Nobody else could have made as good time.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I thought it was you," he said.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought it was you," he said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I thought it was you," he said.
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Nobody else could have made as good time.
the force of workers available
From this reading STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.
a particular point in time
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
no person; not anyone
From this reading "Nobody else could have made as good time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I thought it was you," he said.
for a short time
From this reading The latter peered at him for a moment and laughed shortly.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought it was you," he said.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "Nobody else could have made as good time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading STRONG MEN The tone forbade disobedience or delay.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Angus turned to face a gun in the hands of Gavin French.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I thought it was you," he said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I thought it was you," he said.
Chapter 38 of The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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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