Chapter 7 of Further Foolishness is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Further Foolishness is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At 'em, boys! They're waving the American flag! There it is in all the thick of the smoke! Hark! There's the bugle call to mount again!
Chapter 7 of Further Foolishness is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 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.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading “They're waving the American flag!”
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
From this reading “There's the bugle call to mount again!”
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading “They're waving the American flag!”
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading “Hark!”
attach to a support
From this reading “There's the bugle call to mount again!”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “There it is in all the thick of the smoke!”
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading “There it is in all the thick of the smoke!”
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
From this reading “They're waving the American flag!”
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.
anew
From this reading There's the bugle call to mount again!
(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 There it is in all the thick of the smoke!
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading They're waving the American flag!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At 'em, boys!
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading At 'em, boys!
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
From this reading There's the bugle call to mount again!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading There's the bugle call to mount again!
a quad with a square body
From this reading At 'em, boys!
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading They're waving the American flag!
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading Hark!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There it is in all the thick of the smoke!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There it is in all the thick of the smoke!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There it is in all the thick of the smoke!
attach to a support
From this reading There's the bugle call to mount again!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There it is in all the thick of the smoke!
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading There it is in all the thick of the smoke!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They're waving the American flag!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There it is in all the thick of the smoke!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's the bugle call to mount again!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They're waving the American flag!
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading There it is in all the thick of the smoke!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's the bugle call to mount again!
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
From this reading They're waving the American flag!
Chapter 7 of Further Foolishness by Stephen Leacock holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 7 holds 441 sentences of Further Foolishness, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Further Foolishness by Stephen Leacock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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