Chapter 3 of Citadel of the Green Death is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Citadel of the Green Death is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Captain Goplerud said, "It's no use. They're tight-mouthed as clams." Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital." Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher. The guards moved off.
Chapter 3 of Citadel of the Green Death is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bundle” — make into a bundle
From this reading “Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.”
informal terms for money
From this reading “They're tight-mouthed as clams."”
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."”
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “The guards moved off.”
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading “Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “The guards moved off.”
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading “Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.”
a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
From this reading “Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.”
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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 Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They're tight-mouthed as clams."
past form of “bundle” — make into a bundle
From this reading Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Goplerud said, "It's no use.
informal terms for money
From this reading They're tight-mouthed as clams."
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Goplerud said, "It's no use.
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading The guards moved off.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Goplerud said, "It's no use.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading The guards moved off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
not any; not one
From this reading Captain Goplerud said, "It's no use.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The guards moved off.
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Captain Goplerud said, "It's no use.
a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
From this reading Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They're tight-mouthed as clams."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They're tight-mouthed as clams."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mullin cursed, then he said, "Get this man to the hospital."
the act of using
From this reading Captain Goplerud said, "It's no use.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Walt Eriss was bundled onto a stretcher.
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