Chapter 12 of Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge. Of late he had been growing even less popular. He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him. He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do. The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.
Chapter 12 of Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading “UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.”
a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
From this reading “UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.”
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
From this reading “The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.”
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
From this reading “UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.”
without need
From this reading “The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.”
not marked by the use of reason
From this reading “He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.”
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading “The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.”
plural of “tyrant” — a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading “He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.”
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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 UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
(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 He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
characterized by great determination
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
From this reading The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
divisible by two
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
the force of workers available
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.
without need
From this reading The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
inferior in rank or status
From this reading He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
From this reading Of late he had been growing even less popular.
plural of “rank” — a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
action taken in return for an injury or offense
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
not marked by the use of reason
From this reading He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading The great disciplinarian is never needlessly a tyrant.
plural of “tyrant” — a cruel and oppressive dictator
From this reading He made the mistake that all petty, senseless tyrants do.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE Cadet Corporal Dodge took his new appointment as a triumph in revenge.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He determined to be a martinet with the men in ranks under him.
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