Chapter 29 of The West Point Rivals is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The West Point Rivals is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END OF IT ALL. Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp. There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience. It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned. The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
Chapter 29 of The West Point Rivals is here in full — 383 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.”
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.”
the boundary of a surface
From this reading “Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.”
come to pass
From this reading “It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.”
the activity of keeping something secret
From this reading “Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.”
not in physical motion
From this reading “The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.”
the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading “It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.”
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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In this reading “The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.”
In this reading “It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.”
In this reading “Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.”
In this reading “Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.”
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.
(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 THE END OF IT ALL.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
any thing at all
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END OF IT ALL.
apart from; not including
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
come to pass
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
the activity of keeping something secret
From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE END OF IT ALL.
immediately past
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
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From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Mark Mallory lay hiding in the bushes at the edge of the camp.
not in physical motion
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF IT ALL.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF IT ALL.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
up to a particular time
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The camp was perfectly silent and motionless; that figure which left it was the last to appear.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was little for Mark to do except to wait, to wait with all possible patience.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It did not seem likely that anything would happen until Texas returned.
Chapter 29 of The West Point Rivals by Upton Sinclair holds 383 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 29 holds 383 sentences of The West Point Rivals, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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