Chapter 5 of The Man Without a Conscience is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Man Without a Conscience is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ESCAPE. How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought. This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket. “Stop! Hands up!”
Chapter 5 of The Man Without a Conscience is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “carter” — Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “THE ESCAPE.”
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
From this reading “This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.”
as a matter of instinct
From this reading “This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.”
possessive form of “nick” — an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.”
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a pocket in rear of trousers
In this reading “This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.”
thinking again about a choice previously made
In this reading “How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.”
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
possessive form of “carter” — Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading THE ESCAPE.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Hands up!”
a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
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From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
as a matter of instinct
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
possessive form of “nick” — an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “Stop!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ESCAPE.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
in the direction of
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Hands up!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How to get the best of the highwayman was Nick Carter’s second thought.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
but in spite of that
From this reading This did not look to be easy, yet Nick’s hand instinctively went toward his hip pocket.
Chapter 5 of The Man Without a Conscience by Nicholas (House name) Carter holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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.
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