Chapter 6 of A Town Is Drowning is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of A Town Is Drowning is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Calm down," the trooper said gently. "Of course you can get through. We're not here to stop people like you. I hope everything's all right." The young man fought his way back to composure.
Chapter 6 of A Town Is Drowning is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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make calm or still
From this reading “"Calm down," the trooper said gently.”
steadiness of mind under stress
From this reading “The young man fought his way back to composure.”
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading “"Of course you can get through.”
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “The young man fought his way back to composure.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “"Calm down," the trooper said gently.”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “I hope everything's all right."”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “We're not here to stop people like you.”
a soldier in a motorized army unit
From this reading “"Calm down," the trooper said gently.”
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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a teenager or a young adult male
In this reading “The young man fought his way back to composure.”
as might be expected
In this reading “"Of course you can get through.”
finish a task completely
In this reading “"Of course you can get through.”
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 I hope everything's all right."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The young man fought his way back to composure.
make calm or still
From this reading "Calm down," the trooper said gently.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Of course you can get through.
steadiness of mind under stress
From this reading The young man fought his way back to composure.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "Of course you can get through.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Calm down," the trooper said gently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hope everything's all right."
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading The young man fought his way back to composure.
in a gradual manner
From this reading "Calm down," the trooper said gently.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Of course you can get through.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading We're not here to stop people like you.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The young man fought his way back to composure.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I hope everything's all right."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hope everything's all right."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading We're not here to stop people like you.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The young man fought his way back to composure.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We're not here to stop people like you.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Of course you can get through.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading We're not here to stop people like you.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I hope everything's all right."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Calm down," the trooper said gently.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading We're not here to stop people like you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Calm down," the trooper said gently.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Of course you can get through.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We're not here to stop people like you.
a soldier in a motorized army unit
From this reading "Calm down," the trooper said gently.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The young man fought his way back to composure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're not here to stop people like you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Of course you can get through.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The young man fought his way back to composure.
Chapter 6 of A Town Is Drowning by Frederik Pohl holds 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 6 holds 440 sentences of A Town Is Drowning, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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