Chapter 3 of The Man and the Moment is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Man and the Moment is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, old boy!" Mr. Fordyce greeted him with. "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!" Michael flung himself into his great chair. "Yes--I have--and I have got a fiancee."
Chapter 3 of The Man and the Moment is here in full — 106 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a youthful male person
From this reading “"Well, old boy!"”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Michael flung himself into his great chair.”
a woman who is engaged to be married
From this reading “"Yes--I have--and I have got a fiancee."”
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “Michael flung himself into his great chair.”
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
From this reading “"You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Mr. Fordyce greeted him with.”
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading “Michael flung himself into his great chair.”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “"You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"”
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 "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
a youthful male person
From this reading "Well, old boy!"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Michael flung himself into his great chair.
a woman who is engaged to be married
From this reading "Yes--I have--and I have got a fiancee."
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading Michael flung himself into his great chair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Fordyce greeted him with.
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Yes--I have--and I have got a fiancee."
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Michael flung himself into his great chair.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Mr. Fordyce greeted him with.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Fordyce greeted him with.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Michael flung himself into his great chair.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Michael flung himself into his great chair.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes--I have--and I have got a fiancee."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Michael flung himself into his great chair.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading Michael flung himself into his great chair.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Fordyce greeted him with.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Well, old boy!"
by chance
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, old boy!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Fordyce greeted him with.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes--I have--and I have got a fiancee."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You should have been with me and had a good round of golf--but perhaps, though, you have made up your mind!"
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