Chapter 5 of The Silent Bullet is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The Silent Bullet is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Chandelier.” “Light.” “Electric light,” he emphasised. “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal. “Safe.”
Chapter 5 of The Silent Bullet is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a formal organization of people or groups of people
From this reading ““Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.”
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading ““Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.”
branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
From this reading ““Chandelier.””
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading ““Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.”
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading ““Electric light,” he emphasised.”
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ““Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.”
substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading ““Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.”
inflected form of “strive” — attempt by employing effort
From this reading ““Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.”
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 “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
a formal organization of people or groups of people
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
From this reading “Chandelier.”
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading “Electric light,” he emphasised.
spoken with emphasis
From this reading “Electric light,” he emphasised.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Electric light,” he emphasised.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “Light.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “Safe.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
inflected form of “strive” — attempt by employing effort
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Broadway,” she answered, endeavouring to force a new association of ideas to replace one which she strove to conceal.
Chapter 5 of The Silent Bullet by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve holds 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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 5 holds 211 sentences of The Silent Bullet, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Silent Bullet by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 211 sentences, grouped into 43 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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