Chapter 10 of The Gaspards of Pine Croft is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Gaspards of Pine Croft is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel. Some horrid evil was impending. It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality. Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible. It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.
Chapter 10 of The Gaspards of Pine Croft is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
From this reading “It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.”
provide with clothes or put clothes on
From this reading “It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality.”
a feeling of evil to come
From this reading “The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.”
exceedingly bad
From this reading “Some horrid evil was impending.”
close in time; about to occur
From this reading “Some horrid evil was impending.”
impossible to resist; overpowering
From this reading “Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.”
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.”
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading “The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.”
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 “It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.”
In this reading “It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality.”
In this reading “It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.”
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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 The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
From this reading It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.
provide with clothes or put clothes on
From this reading It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading Some horrid evil was impending.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
a feeling of evil to come
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality.
exceedingly bad
From this reading Some horrid evil was impending.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.
of the present time and place
From this reading Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.
close in time; about to occur
From this reading Some horrid evil was impending.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.
impossible to resist; overpowering
From this reading Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
on one occasion
From this reading Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.
the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
From this reading Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Once realised, however, its potence was immediate and irresistible.
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality.
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From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some horrid evil was impending.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
a special situation
From this reading It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading It took him some moments to clothe the thing with reality.
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading It brought the Colonel sitting bolt upright in bed.
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some horrid evil was impending.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The semi-conscious moments of waking to a new day were filled with foreboding for the Colonel.
Chapter 10 of The Gaspards of Pine Croft by Ralph Connor holds 237 sentences, grouped into 48 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 10 holds 237 sentences of The Gaspards of Pine Croft, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
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