Chapter 3 of A Little Garrison is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of A Little Garrison is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer! Have all this cleared out of the stable! Instantly! What beastly filth is this? What?
Chapter 3 of A Little Garrison is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading “What beastly filth is this?”
a public building for gambling and entertainment
From this reading “WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!”
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading “Have all this cleared out of the stable!”
a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
From this reading “WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!”
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!”
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
From this reading “What beastly filth is this?”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading “Instantly!”
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading “Have all this cleared out of the stable!”
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(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 Have all this cleared out of the stable!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!
(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading What beastly filth is this?
a public building for gambling and entertainment
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading Have all this cleared out of the stable!
a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
From this reading What beastly filth is this?
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have all this cleared out of the stable!
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Instantly!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What beastly filth is this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have all this cleared out of the stable!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Have all this cleared out of the stable!
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading Have all this cleared out of the stable!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Have all this cleared out of the stable!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CASINO DANCE “Corporal Meyer!
Chapter 3 of A Little Garrison by Fritz Oswald Bilse holds 351 sentences, grouped into 71 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 351 sentences of A Little Garrison, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of A Little Garrison by Fritz Oswald Bilse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 351 sentences, grouped into 71 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.
Work through the 71 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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