Chapter 18 of Two Royal Foes is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Two Royal Foes is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly. In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes. For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent. "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road." And out they cautiously scrambled.
Chapter 18 of Two Royal Foes is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
From this reading “In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.”
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.”
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading “And out they cautiously scrambled.”
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading “THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.”
a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
From this reading “THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.”
past form of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading “THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.”
past form of “praise” — express approval of
From this reading “"God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."”
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading “And out they cautiously scrambled.”
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 “In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.”
In this reading “For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.”
In this reading “In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.”
In this reading “In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.”
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 For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
From this reading In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading And out they cautiously scrambled.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
From this reading THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
a commissioned military officer
From this reading THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
past form of “obey” — be obedient to
From this reading THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And out they cautiously scrambled.
past form of “praise” — express approval of
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
with speed
From this reading THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading And out they cautiously scrambled.
try to get or reach
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ESCAPE The Herr Lieutenant obeyed Hans quickly.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In breathless silence they lay hid in the bushes.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For some time they could hear the soldiers, and then all was silent.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "God be praised!" whispered Hans, "now let us seek the road."
Chapter 18 of Two Royal Foes by Eva Annie Madden holds 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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 18 holds 86 sentences of Two Royal Foes, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Two Royal Foes by Eva Annie Madden exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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.
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