Chapter I
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_All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
The Blockade of Phalsburg
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Blockade of Phalsburg is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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_All
were
dead,
as
it
were
one
long
cemetery_ .
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
The Blockade of Phalsburg
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Blockade of Phalsburg is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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_All
were
dead,
as
it
were
one
long
cemetery_ .
/ɔːl wɜːr ded æz ɪt wɜːr wʌn lɔːŋ ˈseməteri/
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Learner Dictionary
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cemetery
noun
US /ˈseməteri/
a tract of land used for burials
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “_All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “_All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .”
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All words in this reading · 8
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(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 were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
cemeterynounUS /ˈseməteri/
a tract of land used for burials
From this reading _All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading _All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading _All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _All were dead, as it were one long cemetery_ .
Chapter 1 of The Blockade of Phalsburg by Erckmann-Chatrian holds 445 sentences, grouped into 89 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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Vocabulary met early in The Blockade of Phalsburg
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Blockade of Phalsburg, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Cemetery
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Blockade of Phalsburg; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Frontispiece
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- Sergeant
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- Shuddered
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