Chapter 12 of The Silent Battle is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Silent Battle is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly. “You can’t mean it,” he gasped. “That you--that I----” “I mean nothing else. I’d like to marry you, Phil.” Gallatin laughed.
Chapter 12 of The Silent Battle is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 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.
in a composed and unconcerned manner
From this reading ““I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading ““You can’t mean it,” he gasped.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Gallatin laughed.”
take in marriage
From this reading ““I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading ““You can’t mean it,” he gasped.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading ““That you--that I----” “I mean nothing else.”
recurring again and again
From this reading ““I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ““I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.”
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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From this reading “You can’t mean it,” he gasped.
in a composed and unconcerned manner
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That you--that I----” “I mean nothing else.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gallatin laughed.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “You can’t mean it,” he gasped.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You can’t mean it,” he gasped.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d like to marry you, Phil.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You can’t mean it,” he gasped.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Gallatin laughed.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
take in marriage
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “You can’t mean it,” he gasped.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “That you--that I----” “I mean nothing else.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d like to marry you, Phil.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I thought that you might like to marry me,” she repeated coolly.
Chapter 12 of The Silent Battle by George Gibbs holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 12 holds 399 sentences of The Silent Battle, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Silent Battle by George Gibbs exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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