Chapter 9 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"How about wounds?" said the Major. "Pretty tidy, sir," said Denham. "The poor horses have got the worst of it. But we're all starving, and choked with thirst." "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
Chapter 9 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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stopped up; clogged up
From this reading “But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."”
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading “"How about wounds?" said the Major.”
be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading “"We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."”
a physiological need to drink
From this reading “But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."”
marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
From this reading “"Pretty tidy, sir," said Denham.”
the least favorable outcome
From this reading “"The poor horses have got the worst of it.”
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “"How about wounds?" said the Major.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "How about wounds?" said the Major.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."
any thing at all
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Pretty tidy, sir," said Denham.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "The poor horses have got the worst of it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "The poor horses have got the worst of it.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading "The poor horses have got the worst of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How about wounds?" said the Major.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "The poor horses have got the worst of it.
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading "How about wounds?" said the Major.
be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The poor horses have got the worst of it.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "The poor horses have got the worst of it.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading "Pretty tidy, sir," said Denham.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "How about wounds?" said the Major.
express in words
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
term of address for a man
From this reading "Pretty tidy, sir," said Denham.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "How about wounds?" said the Major.
a physiological need to drink
From this reading But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."
marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
From this reading "Pretty tidy, sir," said Denham.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
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 "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."
in the company of; together with
From this reading But we're all starving, and choked with thirst."
the least favorable outcome
From this reading "The poor horses have got the worst of it.
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading "How about wounds?" said the Major.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "We can manage water for you," said the Major; "but I'm afraid to say anything about food."
Chapter 9 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by George Manville Fenn holds 405 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 9 holds 405 sentences of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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