Chapter 6 of Short stories from the Balkans is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Short stories from the Balkans is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hands up! Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door. That was enlightening to me. I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler: “Surrender!
Chapter 6 of Short stories from the Balkans is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
From this reading “That was enlightening to me.”
shout out
From this reading “I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:”
being on the outside or further from a center
From this reading “Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:”
acceptance of despair
From this reading “Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.”
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading “I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:”
past form of “thunder” — move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading “Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.”
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 “Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
From this reading That was enlightening to me.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Hands up!
the act of retaining something
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
shout out
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That was enlightening to me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
being on the outside or further from a center
From this reading Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
acceptance of despair
From this reading Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was enlightening to me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.
the starting point for a new state or experience
From this reading I opened my door, stepped to the threshold holding my revolver and began to holler:
past form of “thunder” — move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading Surrender!” they thundered by the outer door.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That was enlightening to me.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Hands up!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was enlightening to me.
Chapter 6 of Short stories from the Balkans by Edna Worthley [Translator] Underwood holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 6 holds 399 sentences of Short stories from the Balkans, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Short stories from the Balkans by Edna Worthley [Translator] Underwood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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.
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