Chapter 9 of All quiet on the Western Front is here in full — 523 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of All quiet on the Western Front is here in full — 523 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We travel for several days. The first aeroplanes appear in the sky. We roll on past transport lines. Guns, guns. The light railway picks us up.
Chapter 9 of All quiet on the Western Front is here in full — 523 sentences across 105 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.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “The first aeroplanes appear in the sky.”
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “Guns, guns.”
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “We roll on past transport lines.”
plural of “pick” — the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading “The light railway picks us up.”
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading “The light railway picks us up.”
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading “We roll on past transport lines.”
something that serves as a means of transportation
From this reading “We roll on past transport lines.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “We travel for several days.”
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In this reading “We travel for several days.”
In this reading “The first aeroplanes appear in the sky.”
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From this reading The first aeroplanes appear in the sky.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The first aeroplanes appear in the sky.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading We travel for several days.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first aeroplanes appear in the sky.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We travel for several days.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Guns, guns.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first aeroplanes appear in the sky.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The light railway picks us up.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading We roll on past transport lines.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We roll on past transport lines.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading We roll on past transport lines.
plural of “pick” — the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading The light railway picks us up.
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
From this reading The light railway picks us up.
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading We roll on past transport lines.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading We travel for several days.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The first aeroplanes appear in the sky.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first aeroplanes appear in the sky.
something that serves as a means of transportation
From this reading We roll on past transport lines.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We travel for several days.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The light railway picks us up.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The light railway picks us up.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We travel for several days.
Chapter 9 of All quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque holds 523 sentences, grouped into 105 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 9 holds 523 sentences of All quiet on the Western Front, unabridged, divided into 105 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of All quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 523 sentences, grouped into 105 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 105 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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