Chapter 5 of Downstream is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Downstream is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I ... I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland. You get such an appetite there. It would do my chest good. Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.
Chapter 5 of Downstream is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a feeling of craving something
From this reading “You get such an appetite there.”
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
From this reading “I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.”
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading “It would do my chest good.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “You get such an appetite there.”
the act of departing
From this reading “Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.”
an educational institution
From this reading “I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.”
a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
From this reading “I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.”
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.
a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught
In this reading “I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.”
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 I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading You get such an appetite there.
a feeling of craving something
From this reading You get such an appetite there.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
From this reading I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading It would do my chest good.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It would do my chest good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You get such an appetite there.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.
the act of departing
From this reading Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading It would do my chest good.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I ...
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would do my chest good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It would do my chest good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.
an educational institution
From this reading I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading You get such an appetite there.
a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
From this reading I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.
in or at that place or location
From this reading You get such an appetite there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elvira Lähnfeldt at Trefvinge is going to Neuchatel.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want to go to a boarding school ... in Switzerland.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would do my chest good.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You get such an appetite there.
Chapter 5 of Downstream by Sigfrid Siwertz holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 5 holds 416 sentences of Downstream, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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