Chapter 10 of Children's book of patriotic stories is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Children's book of patriotic stories is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The general smiled at the boy’s confidence. “That was my impression, too,” he admitted. “Yet there is one strong argument against your going. Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in. He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
Chapter 10 of Children's book of patriotic stories is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading ““That was my impression, too,” he admitted.”
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading ““Yet there is one strong argument against your going.”
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
From this reading “Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.”
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading “He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.”
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading ““That was my impression, too,” he admitted.”
archaic terms for army
From this reading “He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.”
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.
In this reading ““Yet there is one strong argument against your going.”
In this reading “The general smiled at the boy’s confidence.”
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.
inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “That was my impression, too,” he admitted.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The general smiled at the boy’s confidence.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The general smiled at the boy’s confidence.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading The general smiled at the boy’s confidence.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading The general smiled at the boy’s confidence.
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
From this reading Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.
the act of departing
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “That was my impression, too,” he admitted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading “That was my impression, too,” he admitted.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
and nothing more
From this reading Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.
archaic terms for army
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “That was my impression, too,” he admitted.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Gillespie, one of the scouts, has just come in.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading The general smiled at the boy’s confidence.
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That was my impression, too,” he admitted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The general smiled at the boy’s confidence.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “That was my impression, too,” he admitted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That was my impression, too,” he admitted.
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He’s been hanging around Tarleton’s Legion and he’s heard you spoken of.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Yet there is one strong argument against your going.
Chapter 10 of Children's book of patriotic stories by Asa Don [Editor] Dickinson holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 10 holds 408 sentences of Children's book of patriotic stories, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 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 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 10 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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