Chapter 4 of Flames of the Storm is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Flames of the Storm is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Uh-huh.” Skeeter considered the idea thoughtfully. “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds. “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do. By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
Chapter 4 of Flames of the Storm is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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carefully weighed
From this reading “Skeeter considered the idea thoughtfully.”
any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
From this reading “By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.”
draw slowly or heavily
From this reading “By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.”
possessive form of “kirk” — a Scottish church
a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry
From this reading ““You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.”
arrange in a container
From this reading “By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.”
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading ““Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.”
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading “Skeeter considered the idea thoughtfully.”
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.
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past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
carefully weighed
From this reading Skeeter considered the idea thoughtfully.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
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From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
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From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
draw slowly or heavily
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Skeeter considered the idea thoughtfully.
possessive form of “kirk” — a Scottish church
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
arrange in a container
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Skeeter considered the idea thoughtfully.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading By cripes, I’ll pack him to Kirk’s camp and let him haul Freel t’ Crescent City.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Skeeter considered the idea thoughtfully.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading Skeeter considered the idea thoughtfully.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Uh-huh.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Well, I’ve gotta get this sheriff— I know what I can do.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You can go to another country,” added Mary Leeds.
Chapter 4 of Flames of the Storm by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle 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 4 holds 416 sentences of Flames of the Storm, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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