Chapter 7 of Action Front is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Action Front is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The sergeant interrupted sharply. "Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted. "Keep down in the trench. You're wounded, aren't you? Well, you'll get back presently."
Chapter 7 of Action Front is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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discontinued temporarily
From this reading “The sergeant interrupted sharply.”
in the near future
From this reading “Well, you'll get back presently."”
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading “The sergeant interrupted sharply.”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “The sergeant interrupted sharply.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “"Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “"Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.”
a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
From this reading “"Keep down in the trench.”
people who are wounded
From this reading “You're wounded, aren't you?”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're wounded, aren't you?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Well, you'll get back presently."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Keep down in the trench.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Well, you'll get back presently."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Keep down in the trench.
discontinued temporarily
From this reading The sergeant interrupted sharply.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Keep down in the trench.
in the near future
From this reading Well, you'll get back presently."
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading The sergeant interrupted sharply.
in an aggressive manner
From this reading The sergeant interrupted sharply.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading "Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sergeant interrupted sharply.
a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
From this reading "Keep down in the trench.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, you'll get back presently."
people who are wounded
From this reading You're wounded, aren't you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Here, you shut up, Bunthrop," he shouted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, you'll get back presently."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're wounded, aren't you?
Chapter 7 of Action Front by Boyd Cable holds 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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 7 holds 396 sentences of Action Front, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Action Front by Boyd Cable exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 238 minutes of reading across 572 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Action Front section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Action Front, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
