Chapter 21 of Dave Porter and the Runaways is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Dave Porter and the Runaways is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you? But I am not to be captured! Take the cannons away! Bring up the artillery! Forward the light brigade!
Chapter 21 of Dave Porter and the Runaways is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading “SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?”
large but transportable armament
From this reading “Bring up the artillery!”
army unit smaller than a division
From this reading “Forward the light brigade!”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “Bring up the artillery!”
plural of “cannon” — a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading “Take the cannons away!”
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?”
past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “But I am not to be captured!”
at or to or toward the front
From this reading “Forward the light brigade!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
large but transportable armament
From this reading Bring up the artillery!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Take the cannons away!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
army unit smaller than a division
From this reading Forward the light brigade!
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Bring up the artillery!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
plural of “cannon” — a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading Take the cannons away!
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
at or to or toward the front
From this reading Forward the light brigade!
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Forward the light brigade!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But I am not to be captured!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
a thing, without saying which
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
carry out
From this reading Take the cannons away!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Bring up the artillery!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SOMETHING OF A CLEW "Ha! ha! you are the army sent to capture me, are you?
Chapter 21 of Dave Porter and the Runaways by Edward Stratemeyer holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 21 holds 183 sentences of Dave Porter and the Runaways, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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