Chapter 6 of The Upward Path is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Upward Path is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers. Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous. Today it is peace. This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line. They didn't know why.
Chapter 6 of The Upward Path is here in full — 381 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.”
your parents
From this reading “Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.”
having or given a form or shape
From this reading “This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.”
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading “Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.”
a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant
From this reading “This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.”
the present time or age
From this reading “Today it is peace.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.”
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 “This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.”
In this reading “They didn't know why.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They didn't know why.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.
your parents
From this reading Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.
having or given a form or shape
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
From this reading Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
From this reading Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Today it is peace.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading They didn't know why.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
above and across; more than
From this reading Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Today it is peace.
a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They didn't know why.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
the present time or age
From this reading Today it is peace.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, folks, it's all over but the flowers.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading They didn't know why.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading This morning I formed my platoon in line in the woods behind the line.
the day immediately before today
From this reading Yesterday it was war, hard, gruelling, hideous.
Chapter 6 of The Upward Path by Myron T. (Myron Thomas) [Compiler] Pritchard holds 381 sentences, grouped into 77 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 6 holds 381 sentences of The Upward Path, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Upward Path by Myron T. (Myron Thomas) [Compiler] Pritchard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 381 sentences, grouped into 77 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 77 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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