Chapter 6 of Bright Ideas is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Bright Ideas is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The yacht topped the crest. On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view. By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries. Here and there men were moving about. They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
Chapter 6 of Bright Ideas is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 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 group of persons together in one place
From this reading “On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.”
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading “They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.”
plural of “hut” — temporary military shelter
From this reading “On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.”
plural of “lorry” — a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
From this reading “By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.”
that have been left
From this reading “By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.”
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
From this reading “They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.”
edge of a way or road or path
From this reading “By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.”
having a top of a specified character
From this reading “The yacht topped the crest.”
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.
In this reading “By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.”
In this reading “They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.”
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 On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Here and there men were moving about.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
lacking funds
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.
the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
From this reading The yacht topped the crest.
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here and there men were moving about.
plural of “hut” — temporary military shelter
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
immediately past
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
plural of “lorry” — a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
From this reading By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.
the force of workers available
From this reading Here and there men were moving about.
in a joyous manner
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.
in motion
From this reading Here and there men were moving about.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
that have been left
From this reading By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
on the contrary
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
edge of a way or road or path
From this reading By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
the work of a sailor
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The yacht topped the crest.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Here and there men were moving about.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
having a top of a specified character
From this reading The yacht topped the crest.
in the direction of
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
a conveyance that transports people or objects
From this reading They stared and shouted to one another at the sight of the strange vehicle sailing towards them, or rather running now merrily on the last gill of petrol.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading On the moor to the left a vast assemblage of huts and tents broke upon the view.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By the roadside was parked a row of motor lorries.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here and there men were moving about.
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
From this reading The yacht topped the crest.
Chapter 6 of Bright Ideas by Herbert Strang holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 6 holds 429 sentences of Bright Ideas, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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