Chapter 6 of David Blaize and the Blue Door is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of David Blaize and the Blue Door is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything. Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him. Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened. ‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud. ‘Now there’s a hedge coming.
Chapter 6 of David Blaize and the Blue Door is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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using the voice; not silently
From this reading “‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.”
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading “David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.”
moving swiftly
From this reading “‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.”
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading “‘Now there’s a hedge coming.”
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading “David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.”
past form of “kick” — drive or propel with the foot
From this reading “Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.”
in a swift manner
From this reading “Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.”
arousing affect
From this reading “David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.”
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.
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In this reading “Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.”
make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally
In this reading “David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.”
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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 David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading ‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.
any thing at all
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading ‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading ‘Now there’s a hedge coming.
patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading ‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
moving swiftly
From this reading ‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
From this reading ‘Now there’s a hedge coming.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
past form of “kick” — drive or propel with the foot
From this reading Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.
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 David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
engage in
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading ‘Now there’s a hedge coming.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘I do believe I’m flying,’ said he aloud.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
in a swift manner
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Now there’s a hedge coming.
a special situation
From this reading Then he kicked with his right foot, and the same thing happened.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
having come into contact
From this reading Certainly it touched nothing, but he felt the air stream swiftly by him.
arousing affect
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
in the company of; together with
From this reading David gave a great kick with his left foot to make sure it wasn’t touching anything.
Chapter 6 of David Blaize and the Blue Door by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson holds 389 sentences, grouped into 78 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 389 sentences of David Blaize and the Blue Door, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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