Chapter 19 of The Runaways: A New and Original Story is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Runaways: A New and Original Story is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FATAL LEAP. Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall. He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so. He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop. "He'll never clear it!
Chapter 19 of The Runaways: A New and Original Story is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take exception to
From this reading “He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.”
the yard associated with a church
From this reading “Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.”
bringing death
From this reading “A FATAL LEAP.”
-ing form of “gallop” — ride at a galloping pace
From this reading “Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “A FATAL LEAP.”
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading “He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.”
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.”
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading “He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.”
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 “Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.”
In this reading “He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A FATAL LEAP.
consider or hold as true
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.
take exception to
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
the yard associated with a church
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
rid of obstructions
From this reading "He'll never clear it!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
bringing death
From this reading A FATAL LEAP.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
-ing form of “gallop” — ride at a galloping pace
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He'll never clear it!
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading A FATAL LEAP.
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "He'll never clear it!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
cut with a saw
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
the upper part of anything
From this reading He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Ulick heard him, and, turning round, saw the grey galloping at a great pace straight for the churchyard wall.
United States writer and poet (1905-1989)
From this reading He called at the top of his voice to Warren to stop.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He did not accept the challenge; it would have been madness to do so.
Chapter 19 of The Runaways: A New and Original Story by Nat Gould holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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 19 holds 187 sentences of The Runaways: A New and Original Story, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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