Chapter 13 of Battlewrack is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Battlewrack is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The horses had drawn close together. He put his right arm round her waist. She leaned back, face upturned. Their eyes met in a long deep look. Their mouths approached, were one.
Chapter 13 of Battlewrack is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading “Their mouths approached, were one.”
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “He put his right arm round her waist.”
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading “Their eyes met in a long deep look.”
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading “The horses had drawn close together.”
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “The horses had drawn close together.”
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “She leaned back, face upturned.”
plural of “mouth” — the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “Their mouths approached, were one.”
the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading “He put his right arm round her waist.”
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.
move the upper body backwards and down
In this reading “She leaned back, face upturned.”
In this reading “He put his right arm round her waist.”
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 Their eyes met in a long deep look.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading Their mouths approached, were one.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading He put his right arm round her waist.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She leaned back, face upturned.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading The horses had drawn close together.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Their eyes met in a long deep look.
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
From this reading The horses had drawn close together.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Their eyes met in a long deep look.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She leaned back, face upturned.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The horses had drawn close together.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He put his right arm round her waist.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He put his right arm round her waist.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He put his right arm round her waist.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The horses had drawn close together.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Their eyes met in a long deep look.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading She leaned back, face upturned.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Their eyes met in a long deep look.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Their eyes met in a long deep look.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Their eyes met in a long deep look.
plural of “mouth” — the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Their mouths approached, were one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Their mouths approached, were one.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He put his right arm round her waist.
precisely, exactly
From this reading He put his right arm round her waist.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading He put his right arm round her waist.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She leaned back, face upturned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The horses had drawn close together.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their eyes met in a long deep look.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading The horses had drawn close together.
having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
From this reading She leaned back, face upturned.
the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading He put his right arm round her waist.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their mouths approached, were one.
Chapter 13 of Battlewrack by F. Britten (Frederick Britten) Austin holds 401 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 13 holds 401 sentences of Battlewrack, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Battlewrack by F. Britten (Frederick Britten) Austin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 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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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 can be played aloud in United States English.
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