Chapter 16 of Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again. He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him. Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away. It was not his body that needed help. He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
Chapter 16 of Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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form a curve
From this reading “He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.”
understanding with difficulty
From this reading “He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.”
a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
From this reading “The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.”
subdued or brought low in condition or status
From this reading “Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.”
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.”
not divisible by two
From this reading “The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.”
the topmost one of two
From this reading “He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift 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.
In this reading “He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.”
pull back or move away or backward
In this reading “Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.”
simultaneously
In this reading “He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
anew
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
form a curve
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading It was not his body that needed help.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
understanding with difficulty
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading It was not his body that needed help.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
subdued or brought low in condition or status
From this reading Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.
be the source of pain
From this reading Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not his body that needed help.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading It was not his body that needed help.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not his body that needed help.
not divisible by two
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
not in physical motion
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Feeling less hurt than humiliated, he pulled away.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not his body that needed help.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He made his knees bend one at a time, and he pushed himself up.
the topmost one of two
From this reading He felt a pair of strong hands grasping his upper arms, helping to lift him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Odd Pieces Again He was still gulping for air, but he had to move before the horses came around again.
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