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Hans Brinker
Hans Brinker

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Hans Brinker is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.
Vell, it ish no matter.
I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.”
Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.
Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.
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Hans Brinker

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Hans Brinker is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.
Line 2
Vell, it ish no matter.
Line 3
I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.”
Line 4
Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.
Line 5
Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

All words in this reading · 56

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already

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

and

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

are

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

before

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From this reading I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.”

Ben

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

besieged

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

breek

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From this reading I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.”

brought

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

but

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

carrier

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

city

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

cousin

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

ebb

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

English

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

friend

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

good-naturedly

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

he

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

here

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

his

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

I

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From this reading I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.”

in

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

indignation

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

ish

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From this reading “Vell, it ish no matter.

it

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From this reading “Vell, it ish no matter.

Jacob

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

languages

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

laughed

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

Leyden

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

looked

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

matter

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From this reading “Vell, it ish no matter.

mean

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From this reading I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.”

Mounen

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

news

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

no

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From this reading “Vell, it ish no matter.

of

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

on

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

pigeons

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

puzzled

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

relief

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

say

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

seeing

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

soltyer

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From this reading I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.”

somewhere

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

talking

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

that

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

the

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

they

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

tink

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I no tink, before, soltyer mean breek, but it ish no matter.”

tired

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

to

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

turned

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

two

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From this reading Ben laughed good-naturedly, and seeing that his cousin was tired of talking in English, he turned to his friend of the two languages.

Van

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

Vell

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From this reading “Vell, it ish no matter.

very

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From this reading “Van Mounen, they say the very carrier pigeons that brought news of relief to the besieged city are somewhere here in Leyden.

was

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From this reading Jacob looked puzzled, but his indignation was already on the ebb.

Chapter 15 of Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge holds 228 sentences, grouped into 46 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 15 of Hans Brinker contain?

Chapter 15 holds 228 sentences of Hans Brinker, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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.

How do I study chapter 15 of Hans Brinker?

Work through the 46 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 46 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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How long does Hans Brinker take to read?

About 478 minutes of reading across 1148 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Hans Brinker

Words and structures a reader meets early in Hans Brinker, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Little
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Combine
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Instructive
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Features
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