Chapter 11 of Under One Flag is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Under One Flag is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I thought that it would be a better way. So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth! Shall I?" He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen. As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
Chapter 11 of Under One Flag is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading “He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.”
-ing form of “adjoin” — lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
From this reading “As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.”
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading “He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!”
the extended spatial location of something
From this reading “He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.”
important in effect or meaning
From this reading “He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.”
calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
From this reading “As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.”
plural of “worshipper” — a person who has religious faith
From this reading “As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.”
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 “He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.”
In this reading “He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
-ing form of “adjoin” — lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
(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 So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
above and across; more than
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
the extended spatial location of something
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
important in effect or meaning
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So shall all the enemies of the Lord perish from off the face of the earth!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He made, with his knife, a dreadful significant gesture over the region of the dead man's abdomen.
plural of “worshipper” — a person who has religious faith
From this reading As he did so the bell of the adjoining church was heard summoning the worshippers to service.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I thought that it would be a better way.
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