Chapter 7 of The Blood Red Dawn is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Blood Red Dawn is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets. Stillman got out. "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat. "I can't do anything in this deluge." This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
Chapter 7 of The Blood Red Dawn is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an overwhelming number or amount
From this reading “"I can't do anything in this deluge."”
causing an emotional disturbance
From this reading “Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.”
possessive form of “flint” — a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading “This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.”
-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “"It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.”
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading “Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.”
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading “Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.”
plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading “Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.”
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading “Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
any thing at all
From this reading "I can't do anything in this deluge."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't do anything in this deluge."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
an overwhelming number or amount
From this reading "I can't do anything in this deluge."
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
causing an emotional disturbance
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "I can't do anything in this deluge."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
possessive form of “flint” — a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Stillman got out.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I can't do anything in this deluge."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
not any; not one
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Stillman got out.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stillman got out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I can't do anything in this deluge."
the act of using
From this reading "It's no use," he announced, lifting himself back into his seat.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading This was the first word that had been said since he and Claire had left Flint's.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Midway between Yolanda and Sausalito Stillman's machine died with disconcerting suddenness The rain was coming down in sheets.
Chapter 7 of The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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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