Chapter 2 of Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The lieutenant fired. “Miss!” he announced calmly. Another shot. “Miss!” he repeated. A third shot.
Chapter 2 of Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading ““Miss!” he announced calmly.”
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading ““Miss!” he announced calmly.”
having lost your job
From this reading “The lieutenant fired.”
a commissioned military officer
From this reading “The lieutenant fired.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ““Miss!” he announced calmly.”
recurring again and again
From this reading ““Miss!” he repeated.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “Another shot.”
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “A third shot.”
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 “A third shot.”
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 third shot.
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “Miss!” he announced calmly.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Another shot.
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading “Miss!” he announced calmly.
having lost your job
From this reading The lieutenant fired.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Miss!” he announced calmly.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading The lieutenant fired.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Miss!” he announced calmly.
recurring again and again
From this reading “Miss!” he repeated.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Another shot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The lieutenant fired.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading A third shot.
Chapter 2 of Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers by Carleton B. (Carleton Britton) Case holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 2 holds 438 sentences of Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers by Carleton B. (Carleton Britton) Case exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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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About 176 minutes of reading across 423 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
