Chapter 12 of Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one! Eleven o'clock, and all's well." "Post number two! Eleven o'clock, and all's well!" Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
Chapter 12 of Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading “Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.”
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!”
cause to stop
From this reading “Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.”
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading “Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.”
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading “Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.”
a town in central Arizona
From this reading “Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading “Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!”
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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 THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Eleven o'clock, and all's well."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eleven o'clock, and all's well."
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!
being one more than ten
From this reading Eleven o'clock, and all's well."
cause to stop
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!
according to the clock
From this reading Eleven o'clock, and all's well."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!
a town in central Arizona
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SENTRY MAKES A CAPTURE "Post number one!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cadet Prescott, midway on his post, came to a halt, bringing his rifle to port arms.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Post number two!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Eleven o'clock, and all's well."
Chapter 12 of Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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 151 sentences of Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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