Chapter 8 of Banzai! by Parabellum is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Banzai! by Parabellum is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!" "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys! Never mind, we'll have to go on. Do you think you can get the engine across?" "The bridges will hold us all right.
Chapter 8 of Banzai! by Parabellum is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)
From this reading “"The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"”
the act of burning something
From this reading “"The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “"The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"”
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading “Do you think you can get the engine across?"”
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading “"The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"”
plural of “monkey” — any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading “"That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading “"That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading Do you think you can get the engine across?"
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "The bridges will hold us all right.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"
United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)
From this reading "The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"
the act of burning something
From this reading "The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Do you think you can get the engine across?"
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!
someone who is a detective
From this reading "The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you think you can get the engine across?"
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading Do you think you can get the engine across?"
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading "The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Do you think you can get the engine across?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Never mind, we'll have to go on.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Never mind, we'll have to go on.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "The bridges will hold us all right.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!
and nothing more
From this reading "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Never mind, we'll have to go on.
plural of “monkey” — any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never mind, we'll have to go on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Never mind, we'll have to go on.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "The bridges will hold us all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The bridges are burning, Fighting Dick!"
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Do you think you can get the engine across?"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Never mind, we'll have to go on.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "The bridges will hold us all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Never mind, we'll have to go on.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "The bridges will hold us all right.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading "That's just what I thought, the damned yellow monkeys!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you think you can get the engine across?"
Chapter 8 of Banzai! by Parabellum by Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 402 sentences of Banzai! by Parabellum, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Banzai! by Parabellum by Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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