Chapter 20 of The Man from Brodney's is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XX
Chapter 20 of The Man from Brodney's is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NEENAH "Selim's wife, Neenah, saved my life." It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room. "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack. Neenah told Selim and Selim told me. That's all.
Chapter 20 of The Man from Brodney's is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading “"She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.”
go after with the intent to catch
From this reading “It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.”
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading “It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.”
plural of “experience” — the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
From this reading “It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.”
the body of people who lead a group
From this reading “"She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.”
-ing form of “relate” — make a logical or causal connection
From this reading “It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.”
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading “NEENAH "Selim's wife, Neenah, saved my life."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading That's all.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
go after with the intent to catch
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
plural of “experience” — the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
the body of people who lead a group
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading NEENAH "Selim's wife, Neenah, saved my life."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Neenah told Selim and Selim told me.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading NEENAH "Selim's wife, Neenah, saved my life."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEENAH "Selim's wife, Neenah, saved my life."
immediately following in time or order
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
-ing form of “relate” — make a logical or causal connection
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading NEENAH "Selim's wife, Neenah, saved my life."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Neenah told Selim and Selim told me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEENAH "Selim's wife, Neenah, saved my life."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Neenah told Selim and Selim told me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the next morning and Chase was relating his experiences to an eager marvelling company in the breakfast room.
belonging to which person
From this reading "She has a sister whose husband was one of the leaders in the attack.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading NEENAH "Selim's wife, Neenah, saved my life."
Chapter 20 of The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon holds 205 sentences, grouped into 41 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 20 holds 205 sentences of The Man from Brodney's, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 205 sentences, grouped into 41 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 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 41 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 20 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 7356 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #11572 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #11572, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1472 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Man from Brodney's section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 36 chapters of The Man from Brodney's to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Man from Brodney's, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
