Chapter 24 of In the Cause of Freedom is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of In the Cause of Freedom is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski. “I thought you couldn’t get away?” I growled. “Oh, I managed it all right. I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
Chapter 24 of In the Cause of Freedom is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.”
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading “I growled.”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.”
past form of “manage” — be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading ““Oh, I managed it all right.”
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading “BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.”
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading “I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.”
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
From this reading “I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.”
the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland
From this reading “BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.”
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.
run away from confinement
In this reading ““I thought you couldn’t get away?””
In this reading “BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.”
In this reading “I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.”
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
In this reading “I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.”
In this reading “I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.”
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 I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
later than; following
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Oh, I managed it all right.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
any thing at all
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I thought you couldn’t get away?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I thought you couldn’t get away?”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I thought you couldn’t get away?”
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading I growled.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, I managed it all right.
immediately past
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
past form of “manage” — be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading “Oh, I managed it all right.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I managed it all right.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Oh, I managed it all right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought you couldn’t get away?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading BLACK MONDAY IN WARSAW “I was almost afraid I shouldn’t catch you up,” said Burski.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I thought it would be a pity for you to miss anything I could shew you on your last day in the city; and such a day; so I hurried after you.
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