Chapter 12 of The Sequel What the Great War will mean is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Sequel What the Great War will mean is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Escape from Cologne. Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch. Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long. There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home. I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
Chapter 12 of The Sequel What the Great War will mean is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
From this reading “I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.”
painful from having the skin abraded
From this reading “I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.”
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading “The Escape from Cologne.”
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading “Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.”
past form of “purge” — oust politically
From this reading “Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.”
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading “Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.”
never dying
From this reading “I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.”
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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 Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
painful from having the skin abraded
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading The Escape from Cologne.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading The Escape from Cologne.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Escape from Cologne.
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
a person of German nationality
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
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From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
go away from a place
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
past form of “purge” — oust politically
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
plural of “reason” — a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
From this reading Next morn I rose from a sleepless couch.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Escape from Cologne.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
never dying
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Thoughts grim and gaunt had purged my brain the whole night long.
belonging to which person
From this reading I chafed at being a guest in the house of old Goche, whose animosity to the Cause was undying.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading There was a flood of reasons why I should leave that German home.
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