Chapter 6 of The Crimson Conquest is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Crimson Conquest is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What is this, Viracocha Cristoval? Thou ’rt equipped as for battle! I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur." "Nothing, my lord. I have come to bid you a short farewell.
Chapter 6 of The Crimson Conquest is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “Thou ’rt equipped as for battle!”
propose a payment
From this reading “I have come to bid you a short farewell.”
provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate
From this reading “Thou ’rt equipped as for battle!”
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading “I have come to bid you a short farewell.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."”
come to pass
From this reading “I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."”
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading “I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have come to bid you a short farewell.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thou ’rt equipped as for battle!
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Thou ’rt equipped as for battle!
propose a payment
From this reading I have come to bid you a short farewell.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I have come to bid you a short farewell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is this, Viracocha Cristoval?
provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate
From this reading Thou ’rt equipped as for battle!
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading I have come to bid you a short farewell.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thou ’rt equipped as for battle!
an old form of “has”
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have come to bid you a short farewell.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What is this, Viracocha Cristoval?
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading "Nothing, my lord.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Nothing, my lord.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
come to pass
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
inflected form of “occur” — come to pass
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thou ’rt equipped as for battle!
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading I have come to bid you a short farewell.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "What is this, Viracocha Cristoval?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou ’rt equipped as for battle!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading I trust nothing hath occurred, or is about to occur."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is this, Viracocha Cristoval?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What is this, Viracocha Cristoval?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have come to bid you a short farewell.
Chapter 6 of The Crimson Conquest by Charles B. (Charles Bradford) Hudson holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 6 holds 397 sentences of The Crimson Conquest, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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