Chapter 13 of The Soul Scar is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Soul Scar is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And I give him credit. He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all. I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half. I began to chew that, myself. Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
Chapter 13 of The Soul Scar is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading “Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.”
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
From this reading “I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.”
approval
From this reading “"And I give him credit.”
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading “Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.”
the local environment
From this reading “Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.”
someone who engages in sports
From this reading “He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.”
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading “Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.”
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.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And I give him credit.
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I began to chew that, myself.
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
approval
From this reading "And I give him credit.
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
a man of refinement
From this reading He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "And I give him credit.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "And I give him credit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I give him credit.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I began to chew that, myself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
above and across; more than
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
the local environment
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
someone who engages in sports
From this reading He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I began to chew that, myself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I began to chew that, myself.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a sportsman and a gentleman through it all.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
at the time that
From this reading I watched him chew it, and when he started I reached over and took my half.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then, together, we drank the water from the glasses, so that we would have to swallow the parts of the bean.
Chapter 13 of The Soul Scar by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 13 holds 399 sentences of The Soul Scar, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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