Chapter 7 of We Were There at the Normandy Invasion is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of We Were There at the Normandy Invasion is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled. “How did you get _here_? I thought you were in that blasted barn.” Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward. Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
Chapter 7 of We Were There at the Normandy Invasion is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “account” — be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
From this reading ““Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.”
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “I thought you were in that blasted barn.””
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “I thought you were in that blasted barn.””
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.”
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading ““Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.”
a person who requires medical care
From this reading “Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.””
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.”
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force to leave or move out
In this reading “Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.””
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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 Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
past form of “account” — be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading I thought you were in that blasted barn.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading I thought you were in that blasted barn.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “How did you get _here_?
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “How did you get _here_?
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “How did you get _here_?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How did you get _here_?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought you were in that blasted barn.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I thought you were in that blasted barn.”
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
a person who requires medical care
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
and nothing more
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I thought you were in that blasted barn.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought you were in that blasted barn.”
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
in the direction of
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ouvarski simply threw out a hand toward Marie, and said, “She led us out.”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I thought you were in that blasted barn.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Slim gasped as Marie, finished with making her patient more easy, walked forward.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Not any of you are accounted for,” the captain growled.
Chapter 7 of We Were There at the Normandy Invasion by Clayton Knight holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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