Chapter 7 of Andreas Hofer: An Historical Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Andreas Hofer: An Historical Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL. The die was cast, then. The war with France was to break out again. There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation. The time for action was at hand.
Chapter 7 of Andreas Hofer: An Historical Novel is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading “The time for action was at hand.”
terminate
From this reading “The war with France was to break out again.”
a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)
From this reading “CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.”
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading “CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.”
plural of “flag” — emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading “CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.”
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “The war with France was to break out again.”
indecision in speech or action
From this reading “There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation.”
the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
From this reading “There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading The time for action was at hand.
anew
From this reading The war with France was to break out again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The time for action was at hand.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation.
terminate
From this reading The war with France was to break out again.
put or send forth
From this reading The die was cast, then.
a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)
From this reading CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading The die was cast, then.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.
plural of “flag” — emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The time for action was at hand.
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading The war with France was to break out again.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The time for action was at hand.
indecision in speech or action
From this reading There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation.
not any; not one
From this reading There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The war with France was to break out again.
the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
From this reading There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONSECRATION OF THE FLAGS, AND FAREWELL.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The die was cast, then.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was to be no more procrastination and hesitation.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The time for action was at hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The war with France was to break out again.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading The war with France was to break out again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The die was cast, then.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The war with France was to break out again.
Chapter 7 of Andreas Hofer: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach holds 383 sentences, grouped into 77 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 7 holds 383 sentences of Andreas Hofer: An Historical Novel, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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