Chapter 3 of Short-story masterpieces, Vol. 4 is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Short-story masterpieces, Vol. 4 is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Well, and what’s to be the end of it? And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that? Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed. I am far from a road. Death--there is no way out of it.
Chapter 3 of Short-story masterpieces, Vol. 4 is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bulgarian” — a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria
From this reading “Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.”
distributed or spread over a considerable extent
From this reading “Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?”
for more time
From this reading “And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?”
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading “I am far from a road.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?”
soldiers collectively
From this reading “Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.”
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In this reading “And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?”
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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 am far from a road.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am far from a road.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
plural of “bulgarian” — a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria
From this reading Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Death--there is no way out of it.
distributed or spread over a considerable extent
From this reading Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading I am far from a road.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I am far from a road.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Death--there is no way out of it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
for more time
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
not any; not one
From this reading Death--there is no way out of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Death--there is no way out of it.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading I am far from a road.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Death--there is no way out of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
soldiers collectively
From this reading Our troops have gone, the Bulgarians have dispersed.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Death--there is no way out of it.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And if I do live five or six days longer, what of that?
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From this reading Well, and what’s to be the end of it?
Chapter 3 of Short-story masterpieces, Vol. 4 by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) [Editor] Esenwein holds 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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 3 holds 439 sentences of Short-story masterpieces, Vol. 4, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Short-story masterpieces, Vol. 4 by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) [Editor] Esenwein exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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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