Chapter 16 of Bernard Treves's Boots is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Bernard Treves's Boots is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport. As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him. "Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy. "Yes, sir." "Anything for Treves?"
Chapter 16 of Bernard Treves's Boots is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
From this reading “As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.”
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.”
recognizable; marked
From this reading “John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.”
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading “"Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.”
water that is not salty
From this reading “John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.”
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
From this reading “As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.”
a port city in southeastern Wales
From this reading “John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.”
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading “"Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.”
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In this reading “As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.”
In this reading “"Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
any thing at all
From this reading "Anything for Treves?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
recognizable; marked
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Anything for Treves?"
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading "Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.
water that is not salty
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
the act of departing
From this reading "Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
a port city in southeastern Wales
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Yes, sir."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
carry out
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
From this reading "Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
in the direction of
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
create by training and teaching
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Anything for Treves?"
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading John decided to walk into Freshwater, and then take the train to Newport.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading As he made his way along the road from Heatherpoint, carrying a small handbag, a red bicycle came towards him.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, sir."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are you going to the fort?" he asked the telegraph boy.
Chapter 16 of Bernard Treves's Boots by Laurence (Laurence Ayscough) Clarke holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 16 holds 177 sentences of Bernard Treves's Boots, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Bernard Treves's Boots by Laurence (Laurence Ayscough) Clarke exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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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