Chapter 1 of Draw Swords! In the Horse Artillery is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Draw Swords! In the Horse Artillery is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Feather in his Cap. “Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!” “Get out; it’s all gammon. Likely.” “I believe it’s true.
Chapter 1 of Draw Swords! In the Horse Artillery is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading ““I believe it’s true.”
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “A Feather in his Cap.”
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading “A Feather in his Cap.”
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading ““Get out; it’s all gammon.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading ““Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!””
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading “Likely.””
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading ““Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!””
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading ““I believe it’s true.”
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.
move out of or depart from
In this reading ““Get out; it’s all gammon.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Feather in his Cap.
(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 “Get out; it’s all gammon.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I believe it’s true.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading A Feather in his Cap.
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading A Feather in his Cap.
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading “Get out; it’s all gammon.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Get out; it’s all gammon.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A Feather in his Cap.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Feather in his Cap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Get out; it’s all gammon.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!”
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading Likely.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Get out; it’s all gammon.
express in words
From this reading “Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!”
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading “Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!”
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “I believe it’s true.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Oh, I say, what a jolly shame!”
Chapter 1 of Draw Swords! In the Horse Artillery by George Manville Fenn holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 1 holds 78 sentences of Draw Swords! In the Horse Artillery, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Draw Swords! In the Horse Artillery by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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.
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