Chapter 4 of Don Hale with the Flying Squadron is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Don Hale with the Flying Squadron is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I say, boy, wake up! Didn’t you hear the bugle sound? The reveillé! Wake up, for goodness’ sake! You’ll be late.
Chapter 4 of Don Hale with the Flying Squadron is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a youthful male person
From this reading ““I say, boy, wake up!”
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
From this reading “Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?”
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “Wake up, for goodness’ sake!”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “You’ll be late.”
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading “Wake up, for goodness’ sake!”
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading ““I say, boy, wake up!”
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 “Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?”
cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading ““I say, boy, wake up!”
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.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You’ll be late.
a youthful male person
From this reading “I say, boy, wake up!
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
From this reading Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Wake up, for goodness’ sake!
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading Wake up, for goodness’ sake!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I say, boy, wake up!
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading You’ll be late.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The reveillé!
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading Wake up, for goodness’ sake!
express in words
From this reading “I say, boy, wake up!
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “I say, boy, wake up!
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “I say, boy, wake up!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Didn’t you hear the bugle sound?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ll be late.
Chapter 4 of Don Hale with the Flying Squadron by W. Crispin (William Crispin) Sheppard holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 4 holds 125 sentences of Don Hale with the Flying Squadron, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Don Hale with the Flying Squadron by W. Crispin (William Crispin) Sheppard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 25 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 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
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