Chapter 21 of The Boy Allies at Liège is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Boy Allies at Liège is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THROUGH WALLS OF FIRE. Quickly Chester bent over his friend. "Hal! Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently. "Tell me where you are hurt!"
Chapter 21 of The Boy Allies at Liège is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 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.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.”
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “Quickly Chester bent over his friend.”
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading “Quickly Chester bent over his friend.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.”
be the source of pain
From this reading “"Tell me where you are hurt!"”
with speed
From this reading “Quickly Chester bent over his friend.”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.”
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “THROUGH WALLS OF FIRE.”
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.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Tell me where you are hurt!"
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading Quickly Chester bent over his friend.
a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
From this reading Quickly Chester bent over his friend.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.
start firing a weapon
From this reading THROUGH WALLS OF FIRE.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Quickly Chester bent over his friend.
in a gradual manner
From this reading Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hal!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Quickly Chester bent over his friend.
be the source of pain
From this reading "Tell me where you are hurt!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tell me where you are hurt!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THROUGH WALLS OF FIRE.
above and across; more than
From this reading Quickly Chester bent over his friend.
with speed
From this reading Quickly Chester bent over his friend.
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading Hal!" he cried in alarm, shaking him gently.
express in words
From this reading "Tell me where you are hurt!"
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading THROUGH WALLS OF FIRE.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading THROUGH WALLS OF FIRE.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Tell me where you are hurt!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Tell me where you are hurt!"
Chapter 21 of The Boy Allies at Liège by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes holds 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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 21 holds 228 sentences of The Boy Allies at Liège, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Boy Allies at Liège by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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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