Chapter 15 of The Driver is here in full — 560 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Driver is here in full — 560 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him. The rest of the way was enchanted. All its difficulties were illusions. They vanished as he approached. His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.
Chapter 15 of The Driver is here in full — 560 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/112 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading “All its difficulties were illusions.”
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading “The rest of the way was enchanted.”
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading “His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.”
a high place
From this reading “THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.”
plural of “illusion” — an erroneous mental representation
From this reading “All its difficulties were illusions.”
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading “THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.”
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading “His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.”
having passed out of existence
From this reading “They vanished as he approached.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
at or in the front
In this reading “THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.”
In this reading “The rest of the way was enchanted.”
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.
(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 its difficulties were illusions.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading They vanished as he approached.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They vanished as he approached.
lacking funds
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading All its difficulties were illusions.
without deviation
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading The rest of the way was enchanted.
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They vanished as he approached.
a high place
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
plural of “illusion” — an erroneous mental representation
From this reading All its difficulties were illusions.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading All its difficulties were illusions.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading The rest of the way was enchanted.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
moving very fast
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
in or at that place or location
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They vanished as he approached.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
having passed out of existence
From this reading They vanished as he approached.
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 His Wall Street enemies were scattered in the night.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The rest of the way was enchanted.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The rest of the way was enchanted.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE HEIGHTS i Then with one swift intention the sun broke through,--and there were the heights!... directly in front of him.
Chapter 15 of The Driver by Garet Garrett holds 560 sentences, grouped into 112 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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