Chapter 19 of A West Point Treasure is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of A West Point Treasure is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TORTURE OF THE YEARLINGS. Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them. They were locked in! And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves! The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.
Chapter 19 of A West Point Treasure is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expressing pain or agony
From this reading “Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.”
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.”
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading “Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.”
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
From this reading “Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.”
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading “They were locked in!”
bound or secured closely
From this reading “And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!”
torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading “TORTURE OF THE YEARLINGS.”
plural of “yearling” — a young child
From this reading “TORTURE OF THE YEARLINGS.”
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.
In this reading “The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.”
spring suddenly
In this reading “Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
expressing pain or agony
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were locked in!
past form of “lock” — fasten with a lock
From this reading They were locked in!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TORTURE OF THE YEARLINGS.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TORTURE OF THE YEARLINGS.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were locked in!
a special situation
From this reading The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
bound or secured closely
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And tied, each one of them, so that they could not move a hand to help themselves!
torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading TORTURE OF THE YEARLINGS.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were locked in!
at the time that
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
plural of “yearling” — a young child
From this reading TORTURE OF THE YEARLINGS.
but in spite of that
From this reading The darkness made the whole thing yet more awful.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Imagine, if you can, the state of mind of the agonized four when the import of those terrible words burst upon them.
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