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Chapter 12 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint." "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country." "Tchah! Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther. This is my counthry, and I'm a prisoner of war."
Chapter 12 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “"Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “"I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “"Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."”
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 “"Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."”
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “"Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “This is my counthry, and I'm a prisoner of war."”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “"Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."”
someone who betrays his country by committing treason
From this reading “"I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."”
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 "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This is my counthry, and I'm a prisoner of war."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is my counthry, and I'm a prisoner of war."
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is my counthry, and I'm a prisoner of war."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This is my counthry, and I'm a prisoner of war."
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 Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
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 "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading This is my counthry, and I'm a prisoner of war."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tchah!
express in words
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
someone who betrays his country by committing treason
From this reading "I'm about ready to tell the lads to put an end to a traitor to his country."
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading This is my counthry, and I'm a prisoner of war."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ye daren't do annything o' the kind, Serjint, for it would be murther.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Thin ye ought to change places, me boy.--Give orders to your min to carry me out of this, Serjint."
Chapter 12 of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by George Manville Fenn holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 12 holds 394 sentences of Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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