Chapter 9 of The Romantic is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Romantic is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yet she had got through. As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees. They cried out to her not to go on. She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins. * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
Chapter 9 of The Romantic is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
From this reading “She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.”
port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
From this reading “* * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.”
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading “* * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.”
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading “* * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.”
plural of “refugee” — an exile who flees for safety
From this reading “As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.”
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
From this reading “She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.”
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading “* * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.”
people who are wounded
From this reading “* * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
plural of “begin” — Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Yet she had got through.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yet she had got through.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
immediately past
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
the force of workers available
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
extremely dark
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
plural of “refugee” — an exile who flees for safety
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet she had got through.
spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading She thought: I must get those men before the retreat begins.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Yet she had got through.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They cried out to her not to go on.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
in the company of; together with
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
people who are wounded
From this reading * * * * * Returning with her heavy load of wounded, on the pitch-black road, half way to Ghent she was halted.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she had got through.
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From this reading As she came into Zele she met the last straggling line of the refugees.
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