Chapter 5 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But water?" "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad." "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done? What about feeding the horses? What about watering them?"
Chapter 5 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “"Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “"But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?”
the act of consuming food
From this reading “What about feeding the horses?”
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading “"Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “"But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?”
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “What about feeding the horses?”
a boy or man
From this reading “"Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."”
shedding tears
From this reading “What about watering them?"”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading What about feeding the horses?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But water?"
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
make void or empty of contents
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
the act of consuming food
From this reading What about feeding the horses?
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading What about feeding the horses?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
a boy or man
From this reading "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What about watering them?"
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "But water?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
shedding tears
From this reading What about watering them?"
(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 "Every man has his bottle well filled, my lad."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What about feeding the horses?
at the time that
From this reading "But when the water-bottles are empty and the food is done?
Chapter 5 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by George Manville Fenn holds 404 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 5 holds 404 sentences of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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