Chapter 5 of The Running Fight is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Running Fight is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It served him right! He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides. "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk. Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart. Now the officers shook their heads.
Chapter 5 of The Running Fight is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
From this reading “Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.”
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “"Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.”
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading “"Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.”
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading “Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.”
past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading “"It served him right!”
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.”
walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
From this reading “"Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.”
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 “"Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.”
In this reading “Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.”
In this reading “"Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.”
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
In this reading “"Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.”
In this reading “He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
in a gradual manner
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Now the officers shook their heads.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It served him right!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It served him right!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now the officers shook their heads.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "It served him right!
past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading "It served him right!
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Now the officers shook their heads.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
having a supporting base
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Get back!" cried the officers, standing guard over the body on the sidewalk.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Now the officers shook their heads.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Gently one of them felt of the dead man, opening his clothing at the neck, felt of his heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He got what was coming to him!" came from all sides.
Chapter 5 of The Running Fight by William Hamilton Osborne holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 407 sentences of The Running Fight, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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