Chapter 4 of The last crash is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The last crash is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama. And he could be reached. Billy knew how. Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him. There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
Chapter 4 of The last crash is here in full — 474 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Billy knew how.”
an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
From this reading “Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.”
the striking of one body against another
From this reading “Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.”
held up in the air
From this reading “Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.”
United States writer (1870-1902)
From this reading “Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.”
a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903
From this reading “Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.”
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading “Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.”
commanding attention
From this reading “Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.”
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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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he could be reached.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Billy knew how.
an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
From this reading Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And he could be reached.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy knew how.
the striking of one body against another
From this reading Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Billy knew how.
held up in the air
From this reading Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.
United States writer (1870-1902)
From this reading Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
and nothing more
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903
From this reading Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Norris must be reached before he lifted Panama.
except for; apart from
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.
commanding attention
From this reading Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading There was only one way to save Norris, and only one man to do it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then, with stunning impact, the conviction struck him.
Chapter 4 of The last crash by Kenneth Latour holds 474 sentences, grouped into 95 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 474 sentences of The last crash, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The last crash by Kenneth Latour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 474 sentences, grouped into 95 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The last crash, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
