Chapter 13 of On to Pekin is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of On to Pekin is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant. So hand over your letters, if you have any.” It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office. He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second. “All right.
Chapter 13 of On to Pekin is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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towards the shore from the water
From this reading “A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.”
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.”
a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
From this reading “It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.”
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading “He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.”
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading “It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.”
an angry dispute
From this reading “A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.”
something that serves as a means of transportation
From this reading “It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
(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 “All right.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
towards the shore from the water
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
the act of departing
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
the act of departing
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
the literary culture
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
a commissioned military officer
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
above and across; more than
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
an angry dispute
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A STORM AND A QUARREL “The mail is going ashore, lieutenant.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
something that serves as a means of transportation
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He already had one bag full of letters, and was now picking up a second.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
which person or people
From this reading It was the adjutant’s assistant, who was making the round of the transport, previous to his departure for the Nagasaki post-office.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So hand over your letters, if you have any.”
Chapter 13 of On to Pekin by Edward Stratemeyer holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 13 holds 131 sentences of On to Pekin, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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