Chapter 8 of Stand is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Stand is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks. "You stay here. I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods. That'll put us more'n a mile apart. This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
Chapter 8 of Stand is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
walk leisurely
From this reading “I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.”
pressed tightly together
From this reading “COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.”
plural of “fork” — cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading “I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.”
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
From this reading “COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.”
plural of “hick” — a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
From this reading “COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.”
a spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back
From this reading “COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.”
any cohesive unit such as a military company
From this reading “This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."”
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.”
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 “"You stay here.”
In this reading “I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.”
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 COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
(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 outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
walk leisurely
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading That'll put us more'n a mile apart.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
pressed tightly together
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
plural of “fork” — cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
the act of giving
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "You stay here.
plural of “hick” — a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
and nothing more
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
a spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading That'll put us more'n a mile apart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That'll put us more'n a mile apart.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
any cohesive unit such as a military company
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
a separate part of a whole
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading That'll put us more'n a mile apart.
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
precisely, exactly
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "You stay here.
carry out
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That'll put us more'n a mile apart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That'll put us more'n a mile apart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
in or at the place that
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading I'll amble on down to where the road forks off into the woods.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading This outfit worked all right just from room to room, but we're giving it a real try-out now."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading COMPRESSED POWER "How far a piece you goner take it?" questioned Lem Hicks.
Chapter 8 of Stand by Hugh McAlister holds 76 sentences, grouped into 16 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 76 sentences of Stand, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Stand by Hugh McAlister exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 76 sentences, grouped into 16 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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