Chapter 3 of The Americans is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Americans is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SECOND SENTRY. (_As he goes out_) Ass! HASKELL. We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE. _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
Chapter 3 of The Americans is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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in the past
From this reading “_That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!”
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “(_As he goes out_) Ass!”
terminate
From this reading “We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “(_As he goes out_) Ass!”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “SECOND SENTRY.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “SECOND SENTRY.”
express a supposition
From this reading “We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.”
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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move out of or depart from
In this reading “(_As he goes out_) Ass!”
leave a camp
In this reading “We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.”
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 _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
in the past
From this reading _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading (_As he goes out_) Ass!
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading (_As he goes out_) Ass!
terminate
From this reading We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading (_As he goes out_) Ass!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HASKELL.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (_As he goes out_) Ass!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading (_As he goes out_) Ass!
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading SECOND SENTRY.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading SECOND SENTRY.
express a supposition
From this reading We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll break camp to-morrow, I suppose CHADBOURNE.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
during the time that
From this reading _That's_ what I had in mind a while ago!
Chapter 3 of The Americans by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker 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 3 holds 420 sentences of The Americans, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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