Chapter X of Cease Firing, “The Bulletin,” is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter X
Chapter X of Cease Firing, “The Bulletin,” is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers. “‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station! General Lee’s telegram. Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her. “It’s not a long bulletin....
Chapter X of Cease Firing, “The Bulletin,” is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading ““‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!”
a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
From this reading ““It’s not a long bulletin....”
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading ““‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!”
possessive form of “lee” — United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.”
plural of “niece” — a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading “Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.”
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading “General Lee’s telegram.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.”
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 “Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.”
nearly do something
In this reading “Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.”
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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 great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading “‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!
a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
From this reading “It’s not a long bulletin....
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading “‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading General Lee’s telegram.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s not a long bulletin....
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
possessive form of “lee” — United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading General Lee’s telegram.
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 “It’s not a long bulletin....
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.
plural of “niece” — a daughter of your brother or sister
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “It’s not a long bulletin....
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading “‘A great cavalry fight at Brandy Station!
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading General Lee’s telegram.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
a shaky motion
From this reading Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Miss Lucy opened the paper with trembling fingers.
people who are wounded
From this reading Killed and wounded.’” Her three nieces came close to her.
Chapter 10 of Cease Firing by Mary Johnston holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 10 holds 174 sentences of Cease Firing, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Cease Firing by Mary Johnston exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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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