Chapter 16 of On to Pekin is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of On to Pekin is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys! Show ’em what American regulars can do!” “Make every round tell. We haven’t any ammunition to waste.” “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
Chapter 16 of On to Pekin is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 “Show ’em what American regulars can do!””
projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading “We haven’t any ammunition to waste.””
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading ““The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.”
third-person singular of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading ““The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.”
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading “FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading ““The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.”
plural of “regular” — a regular patron
From this reading “Show ’em what American regulars can do!””
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading “We haven’t any ammunition to waste.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading Show ’em what American regulars can do!”
projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading We haven’t any ammunition to waste.”
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading We haven’t any ammunition to waste.”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Show ’em what American regulars can do!”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Show ’em what American regulars can do!”
a quad with a square body
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Make every round tell.
third-person singular of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We haven’t any ammunition to waste.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
engage in
From this reading “Make every round tell.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
plural of “regular” — a regular patron
From this reading Show ’em what American regulars can do!”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading “Make every round tell.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Show ’em what American regulars can do!”
express in words
From this reading “Make every round tell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FIGHTING ALONG THE PEI-HO “Give it to ’em hot-like, boys!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The colonel expects us to give a good account of ourselves.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading We haven’t any ammunition to waste.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We haven’t any ammunition to waste.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Show ’em what American regulars can do!”
Chapter 16 of On to Pekin by Edward Stratemeyer holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 16 holds 107 sentences of On to Pekin, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of On to Pekin by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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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