Chapter 9 of The Adventures of François is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Adventures of François is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This signal set loose the cowed mob. Clubs and stones flew. Something struck Pierre. He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry. More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
Chapter 9 of The Adventures of François is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 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.
befitting a young child
From this reading “He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.”
a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
From this reading “More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.”
plural of “club” — a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “Clubs and stones flew.”
past form of “cow” — subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
From this reading “This signal set loose the cowed mob.”
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
From this reading “More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.”
plural of “mirror” — polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
From this reading “More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.”
past form of “surge” — rise and move, as in waves or billows
From this reading “More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.”
plural of “vas” — a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading “More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.”
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 “More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.”
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 He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clubs and stones flew.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
the act of breaking something
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
befitting a young child
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
plural of “club” — a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading Clubs and stones flew.
past form of “cow” — subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
From this reading This signal set loose the cowed mob.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Clubs and stones flew.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
be the source of pain
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading This signal set loose the cowed mob.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
the force of workers available
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
plural of “mirror” — polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
a disorderly crowd of people
From this reading This signal set loose the cowed mob.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
From this reading Something struck Pierre.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading This signal set loose the cowed mob.
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading This signal set loose the cowed mob.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something struck Pierre.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Clubs and stones flew.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Something struck Pierre.
past form of “surge” — rise and move, as in waves or billows
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading He squealed like a hurt animal, pain and terror in the childlike cry.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This signal set loose the cowed mob.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This signal set loose the cowed mob.
plural of “vas” — a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
in the company of; together with
From this reading More men crowded in, and the mass, with shout and cry, surged forward, breaking mirrors and vases, with frantic joy in the clatter of destruction.
Chapter 9 of The Adventures of François by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 9 holds 420 sentences of The Adventures of François, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Adventures of François by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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