Chapter 20 of Bonaventure is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Bonaventure is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LIGHT, LOVE, AND VICTORY. The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle. There was the line, there was the leader. The great juncture of the day was on him. Was not here the State's official eye?
Chapter 20 of Bonaventure is here in full — 283 sentences across 57 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.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.”
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.”
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading “The great juncture of the day was on him.”
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
From this reading “There was the line, there was the leader.”
having official authority or sanction
From this reading “Was not here the State's official eye?”
possessive form of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading “Was not here the State's official eye?”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading “The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “LIGHT, LOVE, AND VICTORY.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LIGHT, LOVE, AND VICTORY.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The great juncture of the day was on him.
the organ of sight
From this reading Was not here the State's official eye?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great juncture of the day was on him.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Was not here the State's official eye?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The great juncture of the day was on him.
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading The great juncture of the day was on him.
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
From this reading There was the line, there was the leader.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading LIGHT, LOVE, AND VICTORY.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading There was the line, there was the leader.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading LIGHT, LOVE, AND VICTORY.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Was not here the State's official eye?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The great juncture of the day was on him.
having official authority or sanction
From this reading Was not here the State's official eye?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The great juncture of the day was on him.
possessive form of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Was not here the State's official eye?
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was the line, there was the leader.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The bell tapped, and they came forth to battle.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading LIGHT, LOVE, AND VICTORY.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was the line, there was the leader.
Chapter 20 of Bonaventure by George Washington Cable holds 283 sentences, grouped into 57 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 20 holds 283 sentences of Bonaventure, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of Bonaventure by George Washington Cable exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 283 sentences, grouped into 57 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.
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