Chapter 22 of Dangerous Ground is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Dangerous Ground is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"A BRAND FROM THE BURNING." There is a cry of alarm in the street below. The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by. "Fire! fire! fire!" Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
Chapter 22 of Dangerous Ground is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “There is a cry of alarm in the street below.”
a name given to a product or service
From this reading “"A BRAND FROM THE BURNING."”
-ing form of “curse” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.”
marked for certain death
From this reading “Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.”
past form of “reveal” — make visible
From this reading “The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.”
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading “The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.”
-ing form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading “Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.”
-ing form of “vociferate” — utter in a very loud voice
From this reading “Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.”
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 “There is a cry of alarm in the street below.”
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 "A BRAND FROM THE BURNING."
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading There is a cry of alarm in the street below.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading There is a cry of alarm in the street below.
a name given to a product or service
From this reading "A BRAND FROM THE BURNING."
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
the act of burning something
From this reading "A BRAND FROM THE BURNING."
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading There is a cry of alarm in the street below.
-ing form of “curse” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
marked for certain death
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "A BRAND FROM THE BURNING."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is a cry of alarm in the street below.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a cry of alarm in the street below.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
characterized by jokes and good humor
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is a cry of alarm in the street below.
a person who passes by casually or by chance
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
past form of “reveal” — make visible
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
in the near future
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading There is a cry of alarm in the street below.
-ing form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A BRAND FROM THE BURNING."
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is a cry of alarm in the street below.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The fire has broken through the roof, and so revealed itself to some late passer-by.
-ing form of “vociferate” — utter in a very loud voice
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Soon the space before the doomed building is swarming with people running, vociferating, cursing, jesting.
Chapter 22 of Dangerous Ground by Lawrence L. Lynch 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 22 holds 78 sentences of Dangerous Ground, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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