Chapter 8 of The Miracle Man is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Miracle Man is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on. And the people cried aloud: "He is coming--he is coming! The Patriarch! The Patriarch!" Madison moved on--out upon the lawn himself.
Chapter 8 of The Miracle Man is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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using the voice; not silently
From this reading “And the people cried aloud: "He is coming--he is coming!”
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading “Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading “Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.”
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading “Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.”
4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
From this reading “Madison moved on--out upon the lawn himself.”
forward in time or order or degree
From this reading “Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.”
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
From this reading “Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading And the people cried aloud: "He is coming--he is coming!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading And the people cried aloud: "He is coming--he is coming!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading And the people cried aloud: "He is coming--he is coming!
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the people cried aloud: "He is coming--he is coming!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Madison moved on--out upon the lawn himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the people cried aloud: "He is coming--he is coming!
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
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 Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
From this reading Madison moved on--out upon the lawn himself.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
forward in time or order or degree
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Madison moved on--out upon the lawn himself.
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading And the people cried aloud: "He is coming--he is coming!
precisely, exactly
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
not in physical motion
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
marked by or paying little heed or attention
From this reading Onward across the lawn moved the Patriarch, and the Flopper had joined him now; but the Patriarch, unheeding, turning neither to the right nor to the left, his arms still extended before him, kept on.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Madison moved on--out upon the lawn himself.
Chapter 8 of The Miracle Man by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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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