Chapter 8 of While Caroline Was Growing is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of While Caroline Was Growing is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go? Oh, they're dead. Murdered! No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings.... And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."
Chapter 8 of While Caroline Was Growing is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
surrounded by hostile forces
From this reading “No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....”
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."”
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."”
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading “And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....”
past form of “march” — march in a procession
From this reading “And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “Murdered!”
plural of “rope” — a strong line
From this reading “No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....”
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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 "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
Having no one else present.
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
surrounded by hostile forces
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Oh, they're dead.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
destroyed or killed
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
past form of “march” — march in a procession
From this reading And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."
killed unlawfully
From this reading Murdered!
not any; not one
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, they're dead.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading And they all marched out, and they closed the city gates...."
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
plural of “rope” — a strong line
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, they're dead.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
in or at the place that
From this reading "I am all alone; the rest have gone--where have they gone!--where _could_ they go?
in the company of; together with
From this reading No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings....
Chapter 8 of While Caroline Was Growing by Josephine Daskam Bacon holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 8 holds 427 sentences of While Caroline Was Growing, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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