Chapter 8 of Shot With Crimson is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Shot With Crimson is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
|FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way. I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda. The rest is with God and you. Tomorrow morning they will take you away. They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.
Chapter 8 of Shot With Crimson is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “The rest is with God and you.”
go away from a place
From this reading “I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.”
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading “They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “The rest is with God and you.”
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.”
catch sight of
From this reading “They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.”
the day after today
From this reading “Tomorrow morning they will take you away.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.”
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 “Tomorrow morning they will take you away.”
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 They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The rest is with God and you.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Tomorrow morning they will take you away.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading The rest is with God and you.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
go away from a place
From this reading I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Tomorrow morning they will take you away.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.
and nothing more
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading The rest is with God and you.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.
catch sight of
From this reading They may--they probably will shoot you as a spy.
carry out
From this reading Tomorrow morning they will take you away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tomorrow morning they will take you away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
the day after today
From this reading Tomorrow morning they will take you away.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading |FAR in the night he said to her: “It is the only way.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Tomorrow morning they will take you away.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The rest is with God and you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading I shall leave you to yourself now, Frieda.
Chapter 8 of Shot With Crimson by George Barr McCutcheon holds 84 sentences, grouped into 17 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 8 holds 84 sentences of Shot With Crimson, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Shot With Crimson by George Barr McCutcheon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 84 sentences, grouped into 17 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.
Work through the 17 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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