Chapter 9 of Treasure of the Brasada is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Treasure of the Brasada is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Who was right?" "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face. "Nexpa saw him." "Quartel?" "No," she said.
Chapter 9 of Treasure of the Brasada is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “"Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “"Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.”
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading “"Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"Who was right?"”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “"Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.”
cut with a saw
From this reading “"Nexpa saw him."”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “"Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.”
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading “"Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.”
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In this reading “"Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Nexpa saw him."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
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From this reading "Nexpa saw him."
not any; not one
From this reading "No," she said.
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From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Who was right?"
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
cut with a saw
From this reading "Nexpa saw him."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
not in physical motion
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Quartel," she said, coming across the room in still, tense steps, her eyes fixed to his face.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who was right?"
which person or people
From this reading "Who was right?"
Chapter 9 of Treasure of the Brasada by Les Savage holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 9 holds 432 sentences of Treasure of the Brasada, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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