How I Filmed the War

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Chapter 20 of How I Filmed the War is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Geoffrey H. Malins • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 20 of How I Filmed the War by Geoffrey H. Malins holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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.

What does chapter 20 of How I Filmed the War contain?

Chapter 20 holds 157 sentences of How I Filmed the War, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 20 of How I Filmed the War by Geoffrey H. Malins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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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THE DAY AND THE HOUR A Mighty Convulsion Signalises the Commencement of Operations--Then Our Boys "Go Over the Top"--A Fine Film Obtained whilst Shells Rained Around Me--My Apparatus is Struck--But, Thank Goodness, the Camera is Safe--Arrival of the Wounded--"Am I in the Picture?" they ask.

Time: 7.19 a.m. My hand grasped the handle of the camera.

I set my teeth.

My whole mind was concentrated upon my work.

Another thirty seconds passed.

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How I Filmed the War

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Chapter 20 of How I Filmed the War is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Time: 7.19 a.m. My hand grasped the handle of the camera.

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I set my teeth.

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My whole mind was concentrated upon my work.

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Another thirty seconds passed.

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Another determiner US /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading “Another thirty seconds passed.”

Around preposition US /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “THE DAY AND THE HOUR A Mighty Convulsion Signalises the Commencement of Operations--Then Our Boys "Go Over the Top"--A Fine Film Obtained whilst Shells Rained Around Me--My Apparatus is Struck--But, Thank Goodness, the Camera is Safe--Arrival of the Wounded--"Am I in the Picture?" they ask.”

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “My whole mind was concentrated upon my work.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “My whole mind was concentrated upon my work.”

Whilst conjunction US /waɪlst/

an old and formal word for “while”

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7.19

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From this reading Time: 7.19 a.m. My hand grasped the handle of the camera.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading THE DAY AND THE HOUR A Mighty Convulsion Signalises the Commencement of Operations--Then Our Boys "Go Over the Top"--A Fine Film Obtained whilst Shells Rained Around Me--My Apparatus is Struck--But, Thank Goodness, the Camera is Safe--Arrival of the Wounded--"Am I in the Picture?" they ask.

Amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

AnotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Another thirty seconds passed.

Apparatus

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AroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

Arrival

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ask

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Boys

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ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

Camera

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Commencement

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concentrated

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Convulsion

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DAY

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Film

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Fine

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Goodness

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grasped

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From this reading Time: 7.19 a.m. My hand grasped the handle of the camera.

hand

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handle

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HOUR

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IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

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From this reading Time: 7.19 a.m. My hand grasped the handle of the camera.

MepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

Mighty

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mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading My whole mind was concentrated upon my work.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

Obtained

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

Operations

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OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

passed

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From this reading Another thirty seconds passed.

Picture

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Rained

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Safe

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seconds

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set

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From this reading I set my teeth.

Shells

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Signalises

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Struck

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teeth

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Thank

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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

Then

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theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

thirty

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Time

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From this reading Time: 7.19 a.m. My hand grasped the handle of the camera.

Top

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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading My whole mind was concentrated upon my work.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading My whole mind was concentrated upon my work.

whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/

an old and formal word for “while”

whole

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work

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From this reading My whole mind was concentrated upon my work.

Wounded

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