Chapter 3 of Wounded Souls is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Wounded Souls is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Peace! You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum? It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.” They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed. “Poor lads!” said Brand.
Chapter 3 of Wounded Souls is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a name given to a product or service
From this reading ““Poor lads!” said Brand.”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?”
plural of “cigarette” — finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading “They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.”
possessive form of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment
past form of “glow” — emit a steady even light without flames
From this reading “They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.”
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.””
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading ““Poor lads!” said Brand.”
United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)
From this reading “It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““Poor lads!” said Brand.”
In this reading “They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.”
In this reading “It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
a name given to a product or service
From this reading “Poor lads!” said Brand.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
plural of “cigarette” — finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
possessive form of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
past form of “glow” — emit a steady even light without flames
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “Poor lads!” said Brand.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading “Peace!
plural of “point” — a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Poor lads!” said Brand.
United States parapsychologist (1895-1980)
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Poor lads!” said Brand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
in or at that place or location
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It’s a hell of a long way to the Rhine, and you and I’ll be dead before we get there.”
in or at the place that
From this reading They slouched off into the darkness, three points of light where their cigarettes glowed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You don’t believe that fool’s talk in the papers, chum?
Chapter 3 of Wounded Souls by Philip Gibbs holds 429 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 3 holds 429 sentences of Wounded Souls, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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