Chapter 22 of Corporal Sam and Other Stories is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXII
Chapter 22 of Corporal Sam and Other Stories is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
How's Rendal getting on?' Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer. 'Oh, Rendal's all right. That is to say, he will be all right. Just now he's suffering from shock.
Chapter 22 of Corporal Sam and Other Stories is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “How's Rendal getting on?'”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading “Just now he's suffering from shock.”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
to a small degree or extent
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “Just now he's suffering from shock.”
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading “Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.”
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(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 'Oh, Rendal's all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
react verbally
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading How's Rendal getting on?'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How's Rendal getting on?'
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
and nothing more
From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'Oh, Rendal's all right.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading How's Rendal getting on?'
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How's Rendal getting on?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Oh, Rendal's all right.
precisely, exactly
From this reading 'Oh, Rendal's all right.
express in words
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
a state of acute pain
From this reading Just now he's suffering from shock.
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Captain Holditch, skipper of the _Carnatic_, put this question next morning to the doctor, and was somewhat surprised by the answer.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading That is to say, he will be all right.
Chapter 22 of Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Arthur Quiller-Couch holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 22 holds 112 sentences of Corporal Sam and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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