Chapter 7 of "1914" is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of "1914" is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“We can do it all right,” he burst out at last. “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here. We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each. We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there. That’ll be, say, 10 francs.
Chapter 7 of "1914" is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading ““We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.”
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.”
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
From this reading “We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.”
plural of “franc” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
From this reading ““See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.”
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading “We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.”
take the midday meal
From this reading “We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.”
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading ““See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.”
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.
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give sudden release to an expression
In this reading ““We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.”
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From this reading That’ll be, say, 10 francs.
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From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
later than; following
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
(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 “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
any high mountain
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That’ll be, say, 10 francs.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
plural of “franc” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
immediately past
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
take the midday meal
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
express in words
From this reading That’ll be, say, 10 francs.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’ll be, say, 10 francs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading We’ll walk on to Fiesch and then up to the little Firnegarten Inn--small but clean--on the Fiescher Alp, and stop the night there.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We can do it all right,” he burst out at last.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll get Madame here to put us up the usual trampers’ lunch,--that’s one franc each.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “See here!--We’ve got 160 francs left after settling up here.
Chapter 7 of "1914" by John Oxenham holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 7 holds 425 sentences of "1914", unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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