Chapter 18 of Boys of the Light Brigade is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Boys of the Light Brigade is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But—" "You mustn’t talk. Doctor’s orders. Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come. With their nasty messes!—ugh!" "Where did you get your medicines, then?"
Chapter 18 of Boys of the Light Brigade is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
possessive form of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading “Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.”
occurring by chance
From this reading “Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.”
plural of “medicine” — the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “"Where did you get your medicines, then?"”
plural of “mess” — a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading “With their nasty messes!—ugh!"”
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading “With their nasty messes!—ugh!"”
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading “Doctor’s orders.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “"But—" "You mustn’t talk.”
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.
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But—" "You mustn’t talk.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Where did you get your medicines, then?"
possessive form of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Doctor’s orders.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Where did you get your medicines, then?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
occurring by chance
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
plural of “medicine” — the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading "Where did you get your medicines, then?"
plural of “mess” — a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading With their nasty messes!—ugh!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But—" "You mustn’t talk.
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading With their nasty messes!—ugh!"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading Doctor’s orders.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "But—" "You mustn’t talk.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading With their nasty messes!—ugh!"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Where did you get your medicines, then?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With their nasty messes!—ugh!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lucky for you I was here, or they’d have sent you to kingdom come.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where did you get your medicines, then?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading With their nasty messes!—ugh!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But—" "You mustn’t talk.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where did you get your medicines, then?"
Chapter 18 of Boys of the Light Brigade by Herbert Strang holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 18 holds 401 sentences of Boys of the Light Brigade, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Boys of the Light Brigade by Herbert Strang exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 18 can be played aloud in United States English.
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