Chapter 15 of The Secret Victory is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Secret Victory is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I’m ready now,” he said. O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up. “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked. “Why not? The nurse is somewhere about.”
Chapter 15 of The Secret Victory is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ““You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading “O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.”
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading “O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.”
go away from a place
From this reading ““You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “The nurse is somewhere about.””
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading ““I’m ready now,” he said.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “The nurse is somewhere about.””
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading “O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.”
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.
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In this reading “O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The nurse is somewhere about.”
(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 “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’m ready now,” he said.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m ready now,” he said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The nurse is somewhere about.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
go away from a place
From this reading “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Why not?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “I’m ready now,” he said.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading The nurse is somewhere about.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “I’m ready now,” he said.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I’m ready now,” he said.
in or at or to some place
From this reading The nurse is somewhere about.”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The nurse is somewhere about.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading O’Rane felt for his hat and stood up.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why not?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You think it’s all right to leave her?” he asked.
Chapter 15 of The Secret Victory by Stephen McKenna holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 15 holds 403 sentences of The Secret Victory, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The Secret Victory by Stephen McKenna exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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