Chapter 15 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
Chapter 15 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But he had discovered what he wanted to know. There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words. "Blind! Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become." XVIII Graham was before his time.
Chapter 15 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading “There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.”
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."”
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “"Blind!”
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading “But he had discovered what he wanted to know.”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “XVIII Graham was before his time.”
plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading “Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."”
third-person singular of “sit” — be seated
From this reading “Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “But he had discovered what he wanted to know.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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 Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading XVIII Graham was before his time.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading "Blind!
the two together, not just one
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he had discovered what he wanted to know.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading But he had discovered what he wanted to know.
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading XVIII Graham was before his time.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But he had discovered what he wanted to know.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he had discovered what he wanted to know.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading But he had discovered what he wanted to know.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
and nothing more
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
third-person singular of “sit” — be seated
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading XVIII Graham was before his time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But he had discovered what he wanted to know.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading But he had discovered what he wanted to know.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But he had discovered what he wanted to know.
belonging to which person
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
the words that are spoken
From this reading There was only one bed in that apartment, and back into his mind came Kenyon's words.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one
From this reading XVIII Graham was before his time.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Blind!--both of you--and in that room sits a man whose patients you may become."
Chapter 15 of The Sins of the Children: A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton holds 383 sentences, grouped into 77 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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