Chapter 2 of Our Battalion is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Our Battalion is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
* * * * * _Thursday._--Inspection to-day. Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable. A weary, worrying business. Every one seems out of temper. Thank goodness, that's over for a year.
Chapter 2 of Our Battalion is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “fault” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.”
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “Thank goodness, that's over for a year.”
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading “Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.”
a formal or official examination
From this reading “* * * * * _Thursday._--Inspection to-day.”
in a satisfactory manner
From this reading “Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.”
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading “Every one seems out of temper.”
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
the act of harassing someone
From this reading “A weary, worrying business.”
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.
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In this reading “Thank goodness, that's over for a year.”
as might be expected
In this reading “Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.”
be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
In this reading “Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.”
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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 weary, worrying business.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading A weary, worrying business.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one seems out of temper.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
plural of “fault” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thank goodness, that's over for a year.
set up or found
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading Thank goodness, that's over for a year.
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
a formal or official examination
From this reading * * * * * _Thursday._--Inspection to-day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every one seems out of temper.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Every one seems out of temper.
above and across; more than
From this reading Thank goodness, that's over for a year.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
in a satisfactory manner
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Every one seems out of temper.
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading Every one seems out of temper.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading Thank goodness, that's over for a year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Passed off fairly satisfactorily; faults found of course, but that's inevitable.
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading * * * * * _Thursday._--Inspection to-day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * _Thursday._--Inspection to-day.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading A weary, worrying business.
the act of harassing someone
From this reading A weary, worrying business.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Thank goodness, that's over for a year.
Chapter 2 of Our Battalion by L. (Leonard) Raven-Hill holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 2 holds 418 sentences of Our Battalion, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Our Battalion by L. (Leonard) Raven-Hill exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 71 minutes of reading across 172 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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