Chapter 22 of White Lies is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of White Lies is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk. Then they crept back to the trenches. These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion. Of those that had taken the place no one came home. Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
Chapter 22 of White Lies is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anger
From this reading “Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.”
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
From this reading “Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.”
a group that defends a principle
From this reading “These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.”
army unit smaller than a division
From this reading “A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.”
people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
From this reading “These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.”
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading “A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.”
a German inhabitant of Prussia
From this reading “Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.”
plural of “trench” — a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
From this reading “Then they crept back to the trenches.”
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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 A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
later than; following
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
(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 These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
with anger
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Then they crept back to the trenches.
a group that defends a principle
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
army unit smaller than a division
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Of those that had taken the place no one came home.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading Then they crept back to the trenches.
people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
divisible by two
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Of those that had taken the place no one came home.
of the present time and place
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
not any; not one
From this reading Of those that had taken the place no one came home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Of those that had taken the place no one came home.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Of those that had taken the place no one came home.
compacted by ironing
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
a German inhabitant of Prussia
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
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From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
not in physical motion
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
a feeling of stupefied astonishment
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Of those that had taken the place no one came home.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Of those that had taken the place no one came home.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then they crept back to the trenches.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These had all been struck down or disabled short of the bastion.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then they crept back to the trenches.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Of those that had taken the place no one came home.
up to a particular time
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then they crept back to the trenches.
plural of “trench” — a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
From this reading Then they crept back to the trenches.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Raynal, after the first stupefaction, pressed hard and even angrily for an immediate assault on the whole Prussian line.
people who are wounded
From this reading A few wounded soldiers of the brigade lay still till dusk.
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