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Chapter 6 of The Fall of a Nation is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Aren’t you glad you came?” Zonia asked eagerly. “Hurry! Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform. The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
Chapter 6 of The Fall of a Nation is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading “Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.”
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading “Zonia asked eagerly.”
confined on all sides
From this reading “The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.”
hold firmly
From this reading “The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading ““Hurry!”
a raised horizontal surface
From this reading “Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.”
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading “The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.”
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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In this reading “The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.”
In this reading “Zonia asked eagerly.”
run away from confinement
In this reading “Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.”
In this reading “Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Aren’t you glad you came?”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Zonia asked eagerly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Aren’t you glad you came?”
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading Zonia asked eagerly.
confined on all sides
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
a young female
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “Aren’t you glad you came?”
hold firmly
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
ten 10s
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “Hurry!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
a raised horizontal surface
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
with speed
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
Identical; not different.
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
hard to endure
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The crowd had encircled Virginia and a hundred people were trying to grasp her hand at the same time.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Don’t let her get away with Waldron--” The girl darted from his side and pushed rapidly to the platform.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Aren’t you glad you came?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Zonia asked eagerly.
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