Chapter 4 of The Ultimate Salient is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The Ultimate Salient is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I don't much give a damn, Brian. I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure. There's only one thing I'm sorry about." "Yes, Irish?" "That story.
Chapter 4 of The Ultimate Salient is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/90 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.”
used as expletives
From this reading “"I don't much give a damn, Brian.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.”
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
From this reading “"Yes, Irish?"”
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading “I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “There's only one thing I'm sorry about."”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “"That story.”
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 "I don't much give a damn, Brian.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There's only one thing I'm sorry about."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't much give a damn, Brian.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
used as expletives
From this reading "I don't much give a damn, Brian.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't much give a damn, Brian.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "I don't much give a damn, Brian.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't much give a damn, Brian.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's only one thing I'm sorry about."
people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
From this reading "Yes, Irish?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "I don't much give a damn, Brian.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There's only one thing I'm sorry about."
and nothing more
From this reading There's only one thing I'm sorry about."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading There's only one thing I'm sorry about."
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading "That story.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That story.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's only one thing I'm sorry about."
a special situation
From this reading There's only one thing I'm sorry about."
which person or people
From this reading I got the guy who done it, and a couple others for good measure.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, Irish?"
Chapter 4 of The Ultimate Salient by Nelson S. Bond holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 4 holds 451 sentences of The Ultimate Salient, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Ultimate Salient by Nelson S. Bond exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
Work through the 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 91 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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