Chapter XI of Cavalry Curt, “Was He Mad?,” is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter XI of Cavalry Curt, “Was He Mad?,” is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This was the first thought that flashed through her mind. She hesitated. Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come? It was too late to turn back. She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.
Chapter XI of Cavalry Curt, “Was He Mad?,” is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading “She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.”
signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?”
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading “She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.”
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading “She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.”
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.”
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?”
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “She hesitated.”
with speed
From this reading “She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.”
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 “It was too late to turn back.”
In this reading “This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.”
retrace one's course
In this reading “It was too late to turn back.”
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.
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading It was too late to turn back.
signal with the hands or nod
From this reading Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?
next to; at the side of
From this reading She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?
something many people believe that is false
From this reading Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading She hesitated.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading It was too late to turn back.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?
with speed
From this reading She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hesitated.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Was it fancy or did the guard beckon her to come?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading It was too late to turn back.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading It was too late to turn back.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was the first thought that flashed through her mind.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She rapidly advanced, with Cavalry Curt beside her.
Chapter 11 of Cavalry Curt by George Waldo Browne holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 11 holds 78 sentences of Cavalry Curt, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Cavalry Curt by George Waldo Browne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 16 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Cavalry Curt, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
