Chapter 5 of The Man from Home is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Man from Home is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VASILI [gravely]. Was it they who sent the police? IVANOFF. After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves. That is all I have against them.
Chapter 5 of The Man from Home is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.”
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading “After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.”
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading “VASILI [gravely].”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “Was it they who sent the police?”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “Was it they who sent the police?”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.”
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.
later than; following
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading That is all I have against them.
(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 is all I have against them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
in a grave and sober manner
From this reading VASILI [gravely].
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That is all I have against them.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That is all I have against them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is all I have against them.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Was it they who sent the police?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IVANOFF.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading Was it they who sent the police?
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Was it they who sent the police?
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is all I have against them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Was it they who sent the police?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading That is all I have against them.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Was it they who sent the police?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VASILI [gravely].
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was it they who sent the police?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading After they had taken the money and were beyond the frontier themselves.
which person or people
From this reading Was it they who sent the police?
Chapter 5 of The Man from Home by Booth Tarkington holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 5 holds 420 sentences of The Man from Home, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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