Chapter 4 of The Unknown is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Unknown is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
No. COLONEL WHARTON. [_Startled._] Do you mean to say that.... But I don’t feel so bad as all that. Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
Chapter 4 of The Unknown is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “attack” — (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading “Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “But I don’t feel so bad as all that.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “COLONEL WHARTON.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?”
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “But I don’t feel so bad as all that.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
United States novelist (1862-1937)
From this reading “COLONEL WHARTON.”
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(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 But I don’t feel so bad as all that.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But I don’t feel so bad as all that.
plural of “attack” — (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading But I don’t feel so bad as all that.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I don’t feel so bad as all that.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading COLONEL WHARTON.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading [_Startled._] Do you mean to say that....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I don’t feel so bad as all that.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading But I don’t feel so bad as all that.
the act of departing
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I don’t feel so bad as all that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading [_Startled._] Do you mean to say that....
not any; not one
From this reading No.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
express in words
From this reading [_Startled._] Do you mean to say that....
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But I don’t feel so bad as all that.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading [_Startled._] Do you mean to say that....
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [_Startled._] Do you mean to say that....
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Now and then I have attacks of pain, but then ... you don’t mean to say you think I’m going to die?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Startled._] Do you mean to say that....
United States novelist (1862-1937)
From this reading COLONEL WHARTON.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [_Startled._] Do you mean to say that....
Chapter 4 of The Unknown by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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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