Chapter 1 of Beyond the wall is here in full — 627 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Beyond the wall is here in full — 627 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He attempted to find the trouble. A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water. “No go!” he said to Charley. “Come on! We’ll leave the truck and take to the woods.
Chapter 1 of Beyond the wall is here in full — 627 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 18/125 · 5 reading units · Lines 86–90
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
tried unsuccessfully
From this reading “He attempted to find the trouble.”
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
From this reading “A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.”
possessive form of “engine” — motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading “A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.”
wet through and through; thoroughly wet
From this reading “A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.”
arousing affect
From this reading “A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.”
an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
From this reading “We’ll leave the truck and take to the woods.”
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading “A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.”
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.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’ll leave the truck and take to the woods.
tried unsuccessfully
From this reading He attempted to find the trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No go!” he said to Charley.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come on!
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
possessive form of “engine” — motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading He attempted to find the trouble.
enclose in or as if in a frame
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “No go!” he said to Charley.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He attempted to find the trouble.
go away from a place
From this reading We’ll leave the truck and take to the woods.
not any; not one
From this reading “No go!” he said to Charley.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come on!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “No go!” he said to Charley.
wet through and through; thoroughly wet
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
carry out
From this reading We’ll leave the truck and take to the woods.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He attempted to find the trouble.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He attempted to find the trouble.
arousing affect
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
a source of difficulty
From this reading He attempted to find the trouble.
an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
From this reading We’ll leave the truck and take to the woods.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll leave the truck and take to the woods.
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A dangling wire, touching the engine’s frame, was sodden with water.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading We’ll leave the truck and take to the woods.
Chapter 1 of Beyond the wall by Henry Leverage holds 627 sentences, grouped into 126 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 1 holds 627 sentences of Beyond the wall, unabridged, divided into 126 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Beyond the wall by Henry Leverage exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 627 sentences, grouped into 126 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 126 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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