Chapter 26 of Who goes there? is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Who goes there? is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
My brain reeled. I was faint and dizzy. If the order to march had come, I could not have moved. What was this new and strange knowledge? How had it come?
Chapter 26 of Who goes there? is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading “My brain reeled.”
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
From this reading “I was faint and dizzy.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “I was faint and dizzy.”
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading “What was this new and strange knowledge?”
march in a procession
From this reading “If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.”
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading “If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.”
past form of “reel” — walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading “My brain reeled.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was faint and dizzy.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading My brain reeled.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
From this reading I was faint and dizzy.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading I was faint and dizzy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
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From this reading How had it come?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was faint and dizzy.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How had it come?
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading What was this new and strange knowledge?
march in a procession
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My brain reeled.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading What was this new and strange knowledge?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
past form of “reel” — walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading My brain reeled.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading What was this new and strange knowledge?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What was this new and strange knowledge?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If the order to march had come, I could not have moved.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was faint and dizzy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was this new and strange knowledge?
Chapter 26 of Who goes there? by B. K. (Blackwood Ketcham) Benson holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 26 holds 387 sentences of Who goes there?, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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