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Chapter 1 of The Test of Scarlet: A Romance of Reality is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over. The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down. Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front. Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.” Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
Chapter 1 of The Test of Scarlet: A Romance of Reality is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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moving forward
From this reading “Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.””
large but transportable armament
From this reading “Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.””
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
From this reading “Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front.”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading “Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front.”
plural of “flare” — a shape that spreads outward
From this reading “The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.”
affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason
From this reading “The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.”
a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
From this reading “The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.”
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
From this reading “New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.”
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.
In this reading “Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.””
suffer from a disease that kills shoots
In this reading “The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.”
In this reading “Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.””
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.
moving forward
From this reading Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front.
take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front.
large but transportable armament
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.”
formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
From this reading Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front.
plural of “flare” — a shape that spreads outward
From this reading The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason
From this reading The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
From this reading The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
a narrow way or road
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading Flares are the deaf and dumb language of the Front.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The frenzied appeal of the Hun flares has died down.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
above and across; more than
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
express in words
From this reading Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.”
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Most often they say, “We are in danger; call upon the artillery for help.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sometimes they say, “We are advancing”; sometimes, “We are beaten back.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading New York: John Lane Company London THE raid is over.
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