Chapter 11 of The Man in the Brown Suit is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Man in the Brown Suit is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I was violently excited. I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last. One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin. The asafœtida had got to be borne. I examined my facts again.
Chapter 11 of The Man in the Brown Suit is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “bear” — have
From this reading “The asafœtida had got to be borne.”
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.”
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading “I examined my facts again.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “I was violently excited.”
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “I examined my facts again.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.”
in a violent manner
From this reading “I was violently excited.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.”
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anew
From this reading I examined my facts again.
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From this reading The asafœtida had got to be borne.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The asafœtida had got to be borne.
inflected form of “bear” — have
From this reading The asafœtida had got to be borne.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
rid of obstructions
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading I examined my facts again.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading I was violently excited.
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading I examined my facts again.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The asafœtida had got to be borne.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
cause to move by striking
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was violently excited.
immediately past
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I examined my facts again.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
a special situation
From this reading One thing was clear, I must not move out of the cabin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The asafœtida had got to be borne.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading I was sure that I had hit on the right trail at last.
in a violent manner
From this reading I was violently excited.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was violently excited.
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