Chapter 26 of The Man in the Brown Suit is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of The Man in the Brown Suit is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I came to myself slowly and painfully. I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal. Nightmare visions floated before me. I felt myself falling—falling again. Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
Chapter 26 of The Man in the Brown Suit is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading “I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.”
past form of “float” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “Nightmare visions floated before me.”
become covered with mist
From this reading “Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.”
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading “Nightmare visions floated before me.”
unpleasantly
From this reading “I came to myself slowly and painfully.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.”
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
From this reading “I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.”
plural of “vision” — a vivid mental image
From this reading “Nightmare visions floated before me.”
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.
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In this reading “I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.”
In this reading “I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.”
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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 I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
causing a dull and steady pain
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
anew
From this reading I felt myself falling—falling again.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I came to myself slowly and painfully.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Nightmare visions floated before me.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I came to myself slowly and painfully.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
intentionally conceived
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading I felt myself falling—falling again.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I felt myself falling—falling again.
past form of “float” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading Nightmare visions floated before me.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I came to myself slowly and painfully.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nightmare visions floated before me.
become covered with mist
From this reading Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I came to myself slowly and painfully.
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading Nightmare visions floated before me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
on one occasion
From this reading Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
unpleasantly
From this reading I came to myself slowly and painfully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading I came to myself slowly and painfully.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Once Harry Rayburn’s face seemed to come to me out of the mist.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I came to myself slowly and painfully.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
plural of “vision” — a vivid mental image
From this reading Nightmare visions floated before me.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
at the time that
From this reading I was conscious of an aching head and a shooting pain down my left arm when I tried to move, and everything seemed dream-like and unreal.
Chapter 26 of The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie holds 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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 26 holds 300 sentences of The Man in the Brown Suit, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
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