Chapter 5 of The Silent Battle is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of The Silent Battle is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.” “His guides?” “Yes, and hers.” “Hers! She wasn’t a native then?”
Chapter 5 of The Silent Battle is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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set up or found
From this reading ““They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.””
plural of “guide” — someone employed to conduct others
From this reading ““They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.””
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading ““Yes, and hers.””
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading “She wasn’t a native then?””
an affirmative
From this reading ““Yes, and hers.””
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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 She wasn’t a native then?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Yes, and hers.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
set up or found
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
plural of “guide” — someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “Yes, and hers.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “His guides?”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading She wasn’t a native then?”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wasn’t a native then?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She wasn’t a native then?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’d be there now, if the guides hadn’t found them.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She wasn’t a native then?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, and hers.”
Chapter 5 of The Silent Battle by George Gibbs holds 401 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 5 holds 401 sentences of The Silent Battle, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Silent Battle by George Gibbs exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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