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Chapter 10 of Victory: An Island Tale is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda. The girl had abandoned Heyst's arm. “This is the house,” he repeated. She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable. He waited a little, but she did not move.
Chapter 10 of Victory: An Island Tale is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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forsaken by owner or inhabitants
From this reading “The girl had abandoned Heyst's arm.”
move very slightly
From this reading “She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.”
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading “They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.”
not capable of being carried out or put into practice
From this reading “She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.”
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading “They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.”
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading “She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.”
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading “She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.”
a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
From this reading “They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.”
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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 He waited a little, but she did not move.
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
From this reading The girl had abandoned Heyst's arm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading The girl had abandoned Heyst's arm.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
move very slightly
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
in a fixed manner
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
a young female
From this reading The girl had abandoned Heyst's arm.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The girl had abandoned Heyst's arm.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “This is the house,” he repeated.
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From this reading The girl had abandoned Heyst's arm.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “This is the house,” he repeated.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
not capable of being carried out or put into practice
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is the house,” he repeated.
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He waited a little, but she did not move.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He waited a little, but she did not move.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
recurring again and again
From this reading “This is the house,” he repeated.
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is the house,” he repeated.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
radically distinctive and without equal
From this reading She did not offer to budge away from his side, but stood staring fixedly at the steps, as if they had been something unique and impracticable.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
From this reading They faced, at some distance, the six shallow steps leading up to the veranda.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading He waited a little, but she did not move.
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