Chapter 3 of Modern British Poetry is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Modern British Poetry is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[6] Bring water swiftly. [7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!" [8] Speed. [9] Hit you. [10] Water-skin.
Chapter 3 of Modern British Poetry is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “[6] Bring water swiftly.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “[7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"”
a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
From this reading “[7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “[9] Hit you.”
move hurridly
From this reading “[8] Speed.”
in a swift manner
From this reading “[6] Bring water swiftly.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “[6] Bring water swiftly.”
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From this reading [10] Water-skin.
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From this reading [6] Bring water swiftly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"
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From this reading [8] Speed.
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From this reading [9] Hit you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading [6] Bring water swiftly.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading [7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"
a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
From this reading [7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"
cause to move by striking
From this reading [9] Hit you.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading [7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"
move hurridly
From this reading [8] Speed.
in a swift manner
From this reading [6] Bring water swiftly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [7] Tommy Atkins' equivalent for "O Brother!"
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading [6] Bring water swiftly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [10] Water-skin.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [9] Hit you.
Chapter 3 of Modern British Poetry by Louis [Editor] Untermeyer holds 374 sentences, grouped into 75 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 3 holds 374 sentences of Modern British Poetry, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Modern British Poetry by Louis [Editor] Untermeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 374 sentences, grouped into 75 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 166 minutes of reading across 399 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Modern British Poetry, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
