Chapter 3 of Strange Stories from History for Young People is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Strange Stories from History for Young People is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Everything went against Peter on this march. The weather was very dry. Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing. There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death. It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
Chapter 3 of Strange Stories from History for Young People is here in full — 476 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or to or toward the back or rear
From this reading “It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.”
the act of consuming food
From this reading “Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.”
comparative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading “It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.”
plural of “locust” — migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
From this reading “Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.”
plural of “russian” — a native or inhabitant of Russia
From this reading “It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.”
plural of “swarm” — a moving crowd
From this reading “Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.”
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “The weather was very dry.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Everything went against Peter on this march.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
at or to or toward the back or rear
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading The weather was very dry.
the act of consuming food
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything went against Peter on this march.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
comparative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
plural of “locust” — migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
march in a procession
From this reading Everything went against Peter on this march.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Everything went against Peter on this march.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading Everything went against Peter on this march.
plural of “russian” — a native or inhabitant of Russia
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
not in physical motion
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
plural of “swarm” — a moving crowd
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The weather was very dry.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
a special situation
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Everything went against Peter on this march.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was no food for the horses, and many of them starved to death.
precisely as stated
From this reading The weather was very dry.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The weather was very dry.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading The weather was very dry.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Everything went against Peter on this march.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Swarms of locusts were in the country, eating every green thing.
in or at the place that
From this reading It was hard for the Russians to go forward or to go backward, and harder still to stay where they were.
Chapter 3 of Strange Stories from History for Young People by George Cary Eggleston holds 476 sentences, grouped into 96 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 476 sentences of Strange Stories from History for Young People, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
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