Chapter 8 of The Times Red Cross Story Book is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Times Red Cross Story Book is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Bravo!” he said. “Bravo!” Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically. “Eh?” he said. The little man waved his ringed hand.
Chapter 8 of The Times Red Cross Story Book is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
From this reading ““Bravo!” he said.”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “The little man waved his ringed hand.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “The little man waved his ringed hand.”
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically.”
shaped like a ring
From this reading “The little man waved his ringed hand.”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically.”
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “The little man waved his ringed hand.”
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.
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in an antagonistic manner
From this reading Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically.
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
From this reading “Bravo!” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Eh?” he said.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The little man waved his ringed hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Bravo!” he said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The little man waved his ringed hand.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The little man waved his ringed hand.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The little man waved his ringed hand.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically.
shaped like a ring
From this reading The little man waved his ringed hand.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Bravo!” he said.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The little man waved his ringed hand.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Peter Pippard turned slowly, antagonistically.
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading The little man waved his ringed hand.
Chapter 8 of The Times Red Cross Story Book by Various holds 405 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 8 holds 405 sentences of The Times Red Cross Story Book, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Times Red Cross Story Book by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 can be played aloud in United States English.
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