Chapter 8 of Children's book of patriotic stories is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Children's book of patriotic stories is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!” Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head. The soldier’s grin broadened. “’Twa’n’t a pistol, sir,” he explained respectfully. “I don’t know what it was; but ’twa’n’t a pistol.”
Chapter 8 of Children's book of patriotic stories is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “broaden” — make broader
From this reading “The soldier’s grin broadened.”
(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
From this reading “Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!””
in a gradual manner
From this reading “Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “The soldier’s grin broadened.”
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading “Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!””
returning to health after illness or debility
From this reading “Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!””
in a respectful manner
From this reading ““’Twa’n’t a pistol, sir,” he explained respectfully.”
possessive form of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
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.
cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
In this reading “Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!””
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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 Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
past form of “broaden” — make broader
From this reading The soldier’s grin broadened.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I don’t know what it was; but ’twa’n’t a pistol.”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t know what it was; but ’twa’n’t a pistol.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “’Twa’n’t a pistol, sir,” he explained respectfully.
(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
in a gradual manner
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading The soldier’s grin broadened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t know what it was; but ’twa’n’t a pistol.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I don’t know what it was; but ’twa’n’t a pistol.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I don’t know what it was; but ’twa’n’t a pistol.”
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
returning to health after illness or debility
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
in a respectful manner
From this reading “’Twa’n’t a pistol, sir,” he explained respectfully.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
term of address for a man
From this reading “’Twa’n’t a pistol, sir,” he explained respectfully.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
possessive form of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading The soldier’s grin broadened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Susan smiled a grandmotherly smile and gently shook her head.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Recovering himself, he cried, furiously, “Put down that pistol!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The soldier’s grin broadened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “’Twa’n’t a pistol, sir,” he explained respectfully.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I don’t know what it was; but ’twa’n’t a pistol.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I don’t know what it was; but ’twa’n’t a pistol.”
Chapter 8 of Children's book of patriotic stories by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson 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 8 holds 401 sentences of Children's book of patriotic stories, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Children's book of patriotic stories by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson 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.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 335 minutes of reading across 805 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Children's book of patriotic stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Children's book of patriotic stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
