Chapter 2 of Their Son is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Their Son is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda. The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red. Neither man made any further speech. There was no need of any. All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
Chapter 2 of Their Son is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “engineer” — a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading “The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.”
producing no result or effect
From this reading “All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.”
past form of “hurl” — throw forcefully
From this reading “All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.”
any amazing or wonderful occurrence
From this reading “The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.”
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading “Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.”
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading “Neither man made any further speech.”
under normal conditions
From this reading “The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.”
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.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.”
In this reading “All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Neither man made any further speech.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
possessive form of “engineer” — a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading Neither man made any further speech.
producing no result or effect
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
past form of “hurl” — throw forcefully
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Neither man made any further speech.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Neither man made any further speech.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
any amazing or wonderful occurrence
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading There was no need of any.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither man made any further speech.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no need of any.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading Neither man made any further speech.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no need of any.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
under normal conditions
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no need of any.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The engineer's eyes were usually big and black, but now by some strange miracle of rage they had become small and red.
the words that are spoken
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading All the words they might have hurled at each other would have been futile.
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From this reading Then he held his peace and looked at Zureda.
Chapter 2 of Their Son by Eduardo Zamacois holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 2 holds 411 sentences of Their Son, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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