Chapter 16 of The Flag of Distress is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Flag of Distress is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But all is not yet over. Would that it were! There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another. What is to be their own fate? Neither can tell, or guess.
Chapter 16 of The Flag of Distress is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 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.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “What is to be their own fate?”
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading “There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “Neither can tell, or guess.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Neither can tell, or guess.”
manifest or bring back
From this reading “There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.”
express in speech
From this reading “There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.”
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 But all is not yet over.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What is to be their own fate?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But all is not yet over.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Neither can tell, or guess.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading What is to be their own fate?
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading Neither can tell, or guess.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But all is not yet over.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Would that it were!
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither can tell, or guess.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But all is not yet over.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
above and across; more than
From this reading But all is not yet over.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading What is to be their own fate?
manifest or bring back
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
express in speech
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
not in physical motion
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
express in words
From this reading Neither can tell, or guess.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Would that it were!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading What is to be their own fate?
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There is something still to come; something they fear to reflect upon, or speak of to one another.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Would that it were!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is to be their own fate?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would that it were!
but in spite of that
From this reading But all is not yet over.
Chapter 16 of The Flag of Distress by Mayne Reid holds 400 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 16 holds 400 sentences of The Flag of Distress, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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