Chapter 10 of The Long Roll is here in full — 1041 sentences across 209 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Long Roll is here in full — 1041 sentences across 209 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree. The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition. "Halt! Halt, you in blue! Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
Chapter 10 of The Long Roll is here in full — 1041 sentences across 209 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading “The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition.”
a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
From this reading “"THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.”
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
From this reading “"THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.”
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
From this reading “"THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.”
cause to stop
From this reading “"Halt!”
publicly displayed
From this reading “"THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading “The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition.”
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading “"THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.”
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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 BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition.
a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
have
From this reading The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition.
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
exhale hard
From this reading Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Halt, you in blue!
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
cause to stop
From this reading "Halt!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
publicly displayed
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
express in words
From this reading Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition.
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The vedette brought his short rifle to bear upon the apparition.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading "THE BATH AND ROMNEY TRIP" Richard Cleave and his horse, two tired wights, turned a corner in the wood and came with suddenness upon a vedette, posted beneath a beech tree.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Halt, you in blue!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Halt, I say, or I'll blow your head off."
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