Chapter 16 of The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep. At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon. There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight. A relief party might be on his trail. He breathed a sigh of satisfaction.
Chapter 16 of The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading “Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.”
uttered without voice
From this reading “He breathed a sigh of satisfaction.”
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.”
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading “There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.”
occurring in spells and often abruptly
From this reading “Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.”
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
From this reading “At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.”
inflected form of “scan” — examine minutely or intensely
From this reading “At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.”
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading “At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.”
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 There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
uttered without voice
From this reading He breathed a sigh of satisfaction.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
occurring in spells and often abruptly
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
immediately past
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
held up in the air
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading A relief party might be on his trail.
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading A relief party might be on his trail.
the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
From this reading He breathed a sigh of satisfaction.
inflected form of “scan” — examine minutely or intensely
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading He breathed a sigh of satisfaction.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading At sunset he lifted his small head above the grass and scanned the horizon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Brown lay flat on his belly the last hour of the day catching moments of fitful sleep.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There might be the curling smoke of a camp in sight.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading A relief party might be on his trail.
Chapter 16 of The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South by Thomas, Jr. Dixon holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 16 holds 409 sentences of The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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