Chapter III
Chapter 3
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== 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re. Cie, 3me Section. Toulouse, Sept. 28, 1914. Dear Mother, .
Poems
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== 2me
Regiment
Etranger,
Bataillon
C.,
1re.
Cie,
3me
Section.
Toulouse,
Sept.
28,
1914.
Dear
Mother, .
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Poems
Chapter III · Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of Poems is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
== 2me
Regiment
Etranger,
Bataillon
C.,
1re.
Line 2
Cie,
3me
Section.
Line 3
Toulouse,
Sept.
/tuːˈluːz sept/
Line 4
28,
1914.
Line 5
Dear
Mother, .
/dɪr ˈmʌðər/
Learner Dictionary
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
Dear
adjective
US /dɪr/
dearly loved
From this reading “Dear Mother, .”
Mother
noun
US /ˈmʌðər/
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Dear Mother, .”
Regiment
verb
US /ˈredʒəmənt/
subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
From this reading “== 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.”
Section
noun
US /ˈsekʃən/
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
From this reading “Cie, 3me Section.”
Sept
noun
US /sept/
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “Toulouse, Sept.”
Toulouse
noun
US /tuːˈluːz/
a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
From this reading “Toulouse, Sept.”
All words in this reading · 17
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1
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From this reading == 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.
1914
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From this reading 28, 1914.
2
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From this reading == 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.
28
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From this reading 28, 1914.
3
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From this reading Cie, 3me Section.
Bataillon
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From this reading == 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.
CnounUS /siː/
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading == 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.
Cie
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From this reading Cie, 3me Section.
DearadjectiveUS /dɪr/
dearly loved
From this reading Dear Mother, .
Etranger
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From this reading == 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading == 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.
MothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Dear Mother, .
renounUS /reɪ/
a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
From this reading == 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.
RegimentverbUS /ˈredʒəmənt/
subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
From this reading == 2me Regiment Etranger, Bataillon C., 1re.
SectionnounUS /ˈsekʃən/
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
From this reading Cie, 3me Section.
SeptnounUS /sept/
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading Toulouse, Sept.
ToulousenounUS /tuːˈluːz/
a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
From this reading Toulouse, Sept.
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