Chapter 22 of Tales from the German, Comprising Specimens from the Most Celebrated is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Tales from the German, Comprising Specimens from the Most Celebrated is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners. Only think, the Mareschale de Montreval is there himself. The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.” “Fired?” I cried.
Chapter 22 of Tales from the German, Comprising Specimens from the Most Celebrated is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having lost your job
From this reading “The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.””
plural of “heretic” — a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading “The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.””
move about in a confused manner
From this reading ““The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.”
someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
From this reading “The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.””
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading ““The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.”
past form of “secure” — get by special effort
From this reading “The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.””
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading “The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.””
confined on all sides
From this reading ““The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.”
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.
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In this reading “The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.””
In this reading “The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.””
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 The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
(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 “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Only think, the Mareschale de Montreval is there himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
having lost your job
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
plural of “heretic” — a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Only think, the Mareschale de Montreval is there himself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only think, the Mareschale de Montreval is there himself.
move about in a confused manner
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only think, the Mareschale de Montreval is there himself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
and nothing more
From this reading Only think, the Mareschale de Montreval is there himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
past form of “secure” — get by special effort
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
confined on all sides
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Only think, the Mareschale de Montreval is there himself.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Only think, the Mareschale de Montreval is there himself.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The preacher and a few others of the secured heretics endeavoured to escape through the window, but the mareschale gave the signal, and the dragoons fired.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “The mill is surrounded by dragoons, and all within are prisoners.
Chapter 22 of Tales from the German, Comprising Specimens from the Most Celebrated by John [Translator] Oxenford holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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