Chapter 8 of Sussex Gorse: The Story of a Fight is here in full — 814 sentences across 163 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Sussex Gorse: The Story of a Fight is here in full — 814 sentences across 163 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END IN SIGHT § 1. The next five years were comparatively uneventful. All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm. It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock. Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
Chapter 8 of Sussex Gorse: The Story of a Fight is here in full — 814 sentences across 163 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
From this reading “The next five years were comparatively uneventful.”
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.”
(of market animals) made ready for market
From this reading “It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.”
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading “It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.”
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading “Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.”
make steady
From this reading “All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.”
plural of “tide” — the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading “It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.”
marked by no noteworthy or significant events
From this reading “The next five years were comparatively uneventful.”
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In this reading “The next five years were comparatively uneventful.”
advance stealthily or unnoticed
In this reading “It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.”
at or within a reasonable distance for seeing
In this reading “THE END IN SIGHT § 1.”
In this reading “All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.”
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From this reading THE END IN SIGHT § 1.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
(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 All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
From this reading The next five years were comparatively uneventful.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END IN SIGHT § 1.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
(of market animals) made ready for market
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading The next five years were comparatively uneventful.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE END IN SIGHT § 1.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next five years were comparatively uneventful.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
gradual improvement or growth or development
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading THE END IN SIGHT § 1.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
with low volume
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
make steady
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END IN SIGHT § 1.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
plural of “tide” — the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
marked by no noteworthy or significant events
From this reading The next five years were comparatively uneventful.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It fattened, it grew, it crept up Boarzell as the slow tides softly flood a rock.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All that stood out of them was the steady progress of the farm.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The next five years were comparatively uneventful.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Reuben was now alone at Odiam with his two small children and Harry.
a late time of life
From this reading The next five years were comparatively uneventful.
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