Chapter 13 of With Joffre at Verdun is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of With Joffre at Verdun is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Douaumont Fortress "They come! See them, in their thousands! They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!" "Thousands of them! Hordes of them!
Chapter 13 of With Joffre at Verdun is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the act of breaking something
From this reading “They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Douaumont Fortress "They come!”
a fortified defensive structure
From this reading “Douaumont Fortress "They come!”
plural of “hollow” — a cavity or space in something
From this reading “They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"”
plural of “horde” — a vast multitude
From this reading “Hordes of them!”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “See them, in their thousands!”
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “See them, in their thousands!”
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"
the act of breaking something
From this reading They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Douaumont Fortress "They come!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Douaumont Fortress "They come!
a fortified defensive structure
From this reading Douaumont Fortress "They come!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"
plural of “hollow” — a cavity or space in something
From this reading They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"
plural of “horde” — a vast multitude
From this reading Hordes of them!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading See them, in their thousands!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Thousands of them!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See them, in their thousands!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading See them, in their thousands!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading See them, in their thousands!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Douaumont Fortress "They come!
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading See them, in their thousands!
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading They are breaking from the trees and the hollows!"
Chapter 13 of With Joffre at Verdun by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton holds 127 sentences, grouped into 26 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 13 holds 127 sentences of With Joffre at Verdun, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of With Joffre at Verdun by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 127 sentences, grouped into 26 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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