Chapter 1 of Freeway is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Freeway is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_The Morrisons didn't lose their freedom. They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him. They were influential people. He was put on the road. Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
Chapter 1 of Freeway is here in full — 491 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/98 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “disagree” — be of different opinions
From this reading “They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.”
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading “They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.”
more quickly
From this reading “Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.”
plural of “highway” — a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading “They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.”
having or exercising influence or power
From this reading “They were influential people.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.”
past form of “sentence” — pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
From this reading “They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.”
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading “They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.”
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.
not be very easily digestible
In this reading “They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.”
In this reading “Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.”
travelling about
In this reading “He was put on the road.”
put clothing on one's body
In this reading “He was put on the road.”
In this reading “They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Morrisons didn't lose their freedom.
past form of “disagree” — be of different opinions
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
more quickly
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
From this reading _The Morrisons didn't lose their freedom.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
the act of departing
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was put on the road.
plural of “highway” — a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
having or exercising influence or power
From this reading They were influential people.
and nothing more
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading _The Morrisons didn't lose their freedom.
and nothing more
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Morrisons didn't lose their freedom.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
not any; not one
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was put on the road.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He was put on the road.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading He was put on the road.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
past form of “sentence” — pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Morrisons didn't lose their freedom.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _The Morrisons didn't lose their freedom.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading Stan wanted to scream at the big sixteen-cylinder Special to go faster.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was put on the road.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were merely sentenced to the highways for life, never stopping anywhere, going no place, just driving, driving, driving...._ Some people had disagreed with him.
Chapter 1 of Freeway by Bryce Walton holds 491 sentences, grouped into 99 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 1 holds 491 sentences of Freeway, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Freeway by Bryce Walton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 491 sentences, grouped into 99 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 99 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 99 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 40 minutes of reading across 99 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Freeway, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
