Chapter 4 of The Scratch Pack is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of The Scratch Pack is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all. I succumbed. And they? They spared us. I said Schmidt to placate them."
Chapter 4 of The Scratch Pack is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “"They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.”
be the source of pain
From this reading “"They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.”
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading “I said Schmidt to placate them."”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “"They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.”
German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
From this reading “I said Schmidt to placate them."”
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading “They spared us.”
past form of “succumb” — consent reluctantly
From this reading “I succumbed.”
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.
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 "They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And they?
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading "They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.
be the source of pain
From this reading "They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I succumbed.
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading I said Schmidt to placate them."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.
German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
From this reading I said Schmidt to placate them."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading They spared us.
past form of “succumb” — consent reluctantly
From this reading I succumbed.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I said Schmidt to placate them."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I said Schmidt to placate them."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They spared us.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "They hurt you," she said faintly, "hurt you all.
Chapter 4 of The Scratch Pack by Dorothea Conyers holds 408 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 4 holds 408 sentences of The Scratch Pack, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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