Chapter 13 of The Public Square is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Public Square is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She was very weary. She had not known it before. _The Public Square_ thrived. It was strong pulsed with new life.
Chapter 13 of The Public Square is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 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.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “She had not known it before.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “It was strong pulsed with new life.”
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading “_The Public Square_ thrived.”
past form of “pulse” — expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
From this reading “It was strong pulsed with new life.”
make square
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “It was strong pulsed with new life.”
past form of “thrive” — grow vigorously
From this reading “_The Public Square_ thrived.”
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading “She was very weary.”
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.
In this reading “It was strong pulsed with new life.”
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had not known it before.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had not known it before.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had not known it before.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading She had not known it before.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading It was strong pulsed with new life.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading It was strong pulsed with new life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not known it before.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading _The Public Square_ thrived.
past form of “pulse” — expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
From this reading It was strong pulsed with new life.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was very weary.
make square
From this reading _The Public Square_ thrived.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading It was strong pulsed with new life.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Public Square_ thrived.
past form of “thrive” — grow vigorously
From this reading _The Public Square_ thrived.
precisely as stated
From this reading She was very weary.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was very weary.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading She was very weary.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was strong pulsed with new life.
Chapter 13 of The Public Square by Will Levington Comfort holds 379 sentences, grouped into 76 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 13 holds 379 sentences of The Public Square, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Public Square by Will Levington Comfort exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 379 sentences, grouped into 76 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 76 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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