Chapter 27 of The Man of Iron is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of The Man of Iron is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny: "There is nothing the matter with you!... That is the glory of it! You were ill, and now you are well.... You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
Chapter 27 of The Man of Iron is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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take exception to
From this reading “Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:”
prepare a hot meal
From this reading “You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:”
take in solid food
From this reading “You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....”
a state of high honor
From this reading “That is the glory of it!”
past form of “hurl” — throw forcefully
From this reading “Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “You were ill, and now you are well....”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....”
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 “You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....”
In this reading “Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
anew
From this reading You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You were ill, and now you are well....
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You were ill, and now you are well....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
take exception to
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
prepare a hot meal
From this reading You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
take in solid food
From this reading You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
a state of high honor
From this reading That is the glory of it!
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
past form of “hurl” — throw forcefully
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading You were ill, and now you are well....
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is nothing the matter with you!...
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That is the glory of it!
the sound of laughing
From this reading You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "There is nothing the matter with you!...
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "There is nothing the matter with you!...
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading You were ill, and now you are well....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That is the glory of it!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading You can laugh again, and sleep again, and cook a dinner and help to eat it....
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "There is nothing the matter with you!...
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There is nothing the matter with you!...
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading Then P. C. Breagh spoke out, in a tone that hurled a challenge to Destiny:
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading You were ill, and now you are well....
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You were ill, and now you are well....
in the company of; together with
From this reading "There is nothing the matter with you!...
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "There is nothing the matter with you!...
Chapter 27 of The Man of Iron by Richard Dehan 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 27 holds 409 sentences of The Man of Iron, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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