Chapter 4 of All quiet on the Western Front is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of All quiet on the Western Front is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We have to go up on wiring fatigue. The motor lorries roll up after dark. We climb in. It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together. Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
Chapter 4 of All quiet on the Western Front is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
An overhead roof or structure, such as the high vaulted ceiling of an ancient library.
From this reading “It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.”
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading “Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.”
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading “We have to go up on wiring fatigue.”
plural of “lorry” — a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
From this reading “The motor lorries roll up after dark.”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “The motor lorries roll up after dark.”
unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
From this reading “Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.”
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading “It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.”
a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
From this reading “We have to go up on wiring fatigue.”
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.
form into a cylinder by rolling
In this reading “The motor lorries roll up after dark.”
In this reading “The motor lorries roll up after dark.”
move upward
In this reading “We have to go up on wiring fatigue.”
In this reading “It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
later than; following
From this reading The motor lorries roll up after dark.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
An overhead roof or structure, such as the high vaulted ceiling of an ancient library.
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading We climb in.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The motor lorries roll up after dark.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
divisible by two
From this reading Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading We have to go up on wiring fatigue.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We have to go up on wiring fatigue.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have to go up on wiring fatigue.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We climb in.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
plural of “lorry” — a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
From this reading The motor lorries roll up after dark.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading The motor lorries roll up after dark.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We have to go up on wiring fatigue.
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading The motor lorries roll up after dark.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
From this reading Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The motor lorries roll up after dark.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even the stingy Tjaden gives me a cigarette and then a light.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We have to go up on wiring fatigue.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We have to go up on wiring fatigue.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have to go up on wiring fatigue.
belonging to which person
From this reading It is a warm evening and the twilight seems like a canopy under whose shelter we feel drawn together.
a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
From this reading We have to go up on wiring fatigue.
Chapter 4 of All quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 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.
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