Chapter 15 of In the Name of Liberty: A Story of the Terror is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of In the Name of Liberty: A Story of the Terror is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Fly!" * * * * * She was away a long time. When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly: "I have taken very long. I wanted to confess.
Chapter 15 of In the Name of Liberty: A Story of the Terror is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “* * * * * She was away a long time.”
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading “I wanted to confess.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “"Fly!"”
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading “When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:”
past form of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading “When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “"I have taken very long.”
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading “When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “I wanted to confess.”
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 prolonged period of time
In this reading “* * * * * She was away a long time.”
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 * * * * * She was away a long time.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading * * * * * She was away a long time.
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading I wanted to confess.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading "Fly!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have taken very long.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have taken very long.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading * * * * * She was away a long time.
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:
past form of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading * * * * * She was away a long time.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "I have taken very long.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading * * * * * She was away a long time.
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
From this reading When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I wanted to confess.
precisely as stated
From this reading "I have taken very long.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading I wanted to confess.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * She was away a long time.
at the time that
From this reading When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:
in the company of; together with
From this reading When she reappeared with the priest she said timidly:
Chapter 15 of In the Name of Liberty: A Story of the Terror by Owen Johnson holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 15 holds 412 sentences of In the Name of Liberty: A Story of the Terror, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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