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Chapter 6 of All quiet on the Western Front is here in full — 559 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There are rumours of an offensive. We go up to the front two days earlier than usual. On the way we pass a shelled school-house. Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins. They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.
Chapter 6 of All quiet on the Western Front is here in full — 559 sentences across 112 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.
conspicuously new
From this reading “Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.”
plural of “coffin” — box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading “Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.”
nonresinous wood of a fir tree
From this reading “They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.”
violating or tending to violate or offend against
From this reading “There are rumours of an offensive.”
a coniferous tree
From this reading “They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.”
plural of “rumour” — gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
From this reading “There are rumours of an offensive.”
of animals or fruits that have a shell
From this reading “On the way we pass a shelled school-house.”
arranged in a stack
From this reading “Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.”
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 “We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.”
move upward
In this reading “We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.”
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 On the way we pass a shelled school-house.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There are rumours of an offensive.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are rumours of an offensive.
conspicuously new
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
plural of “coffin” — box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
increase twofold
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
earlier in time; previously
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
nonresinous wood of a fir tree
From this reading They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
for more time
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There are rumours of an offensive.
violating or tending to violate or offend against
From this reading There are rumours of an offensive.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the way we pass a shelled school-house.
go across or through
From this reading On the way we pass a shelled school-house.
a coniferous tree
From this reading They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.
plural of “rumour” — gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
From this reading There are rumours of an offensive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the way we pass a shelled school-house.
of animals or fruits that have a shell
From this reading On the way we pass a shelled school-house.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.
arranged in a stack
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
not in physical motion
From this reading They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are rumours of an offensive.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They still smell of fir, and pine, and the forest.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading On the way we pass a shelled school-house.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We go up to the front two days earlier than usual.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins.
Chapter 6 of All quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque holds 559 sentences, grouped into 112 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 559 sentences of All quiet on the Western Front, unabridged, divided into 112 reading sections.
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