Chapter 13 of No Surrender is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of No Surrender is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It is perfectly unprecedented! Such a thing was never heard of! I cannot believe my own eyes! This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State. It is horrible--horrible!"
Chapter 13 of No Surrender is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
From this reading “This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.”
plural of “foundation” — the basis on which something is grounded
From this reading “This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.”
provoking horror
From this reading “It is horrible--horrible!"”
plural of “pillar” — a fundamental principle or practice
From this reading “This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.”
plural of “sap” — a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
From this reading “This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.”
plural of “shake” — building material used as siding or roofing
From this reading “This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.”
third-person singular of “undermine” — destroy property or hinder normal operations
From this reading “This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.”
having no precedent; novel
From this reading “"It is perfectly unprecedented!”
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 “Such a thing was never heard of!”
In this reading “I cannot believe my own eyes!”
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 Such a thing was never heard of!
(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 This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I cannot believe my own eyes!
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From this reading I cannot believe my own eyes!
opinion or judgment
From this reading I cannot believe my own eyes!
plural of “foundation” — the basis on which something is grounded
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Such a thing was never heard of!
provoking horror
From this reading It is horrible--horrible!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cannot believe my own eyes!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is perfectly unprecedented!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is perfectly unprecedented!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I cannot believe my own eyes!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Such a thing was never heard of!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such a thing was never heard of!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading I cannot believe my own eyes!
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "It is perfectly unprecedented!
plural of “pillar” — a fundamental principle or practice
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
plural of “sap” — a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
plural of “shake” — building material used as siding or roofing
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a thing was never heard of!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
a special situation
From this reading Such a thing was never heard of!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
third-person singular of “undermine” — destroy property or hinder normal operations
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
having no precedent; novel
From this reading "It is perfectly unprecedented!
precisely as stated
From this reading This undermines all government, saps the foundations of all authority, shakes the very pillars of the State.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such a thing was never heard of!
Chapter 13 of No Surrender by E. Werner holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 13 holds 433 sentences of No Surrender, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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