Chapter 4 of Barrack-room ballads is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Barrack-room ballads is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Wheel! Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner. Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close. Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer! We're going off where no one knows.
Chapter 4 of Barrack-room ballads is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give encouragement to
From this reading “Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!”
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.”
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading “We're going off where no one knows.”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading “Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.”
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading “Wheel!”
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 Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
give encouragement to
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
the act of departing
From this reading We're going off where no one knows.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading We're going off where no one knows.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
the force of workers available
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
not any; not one
From this reading We're going off where no one knows.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We're going off where no one knows.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We're going off where no one knows.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er-- Cheer, O cheer!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Time!--mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading Wheel!
in or at the place that
From this reading We're going off where no one knows.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
Chapter 4 of Barrack-room ballads by Rudyard Kipling holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 4 holds 166 sentences of Barrack-room ballads, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Barrack-room ballads by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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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