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Ran away from the Dutch

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BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
Who are they?”
Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”
Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.
And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”
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Ran away from the Dutch

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of Ran away from the Dutch is here in full — 379 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDESIf you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”
Line 2
Who are they?”
/huː ɑːr ðeɪ/
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Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”
Line 4
Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.
/tuː swɪs ə ˈbeldʒən ənd ə ˈneɪtɪv ˈmʌtərd ðə ˈkɜːrnəl/
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And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

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adapted adjective US /əˈdæptɪd/

changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

From this reading “BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.””

ascertained adjective US /ˌæsərˈteɪnd/

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading ““And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?””

Belgian adjective US /ˈbeldʒən/

of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people

From this reading ““Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.”

blok noun US /blɑːk/

Russian poet (1880-1921)

From this reading “BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.””

Dutch adjective US /dʌtʃ/

of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

From this reading “BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.””

mendes verb US /ˈmeɪndes/

third-person singular of “mend” — restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

From this reading “BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.””

Swiss noun US /swɪs/

the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland

From this reading ““Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.”

Translated verb US /trænzˈleɪtɪd/

past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language

From this reading “BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.””

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four men noun + noun

In this reading “BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.””

Translated by verb + particle counted as “translate by”

In this reading “BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.””

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

adaptedadjectiveUS /əˈdæptɪd/

changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

answeredverbUS /ˈænsərd/

past form of “answer” — react verbally

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “Who are they?”

ascertainedadjectiveUS /ˌæsərˈteɪnd/

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

BelgianadjectiveUS /ˈbeldʒən/

of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people

From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.

BLOKnounUS /blɑːk/

Russian poet (1880-1921)

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

ColonelnounUS /ˈkɜːrnəl/

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 BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

Cueille

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”

DutchadjectiveUS /dʌtʃ/

of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

fournounUS /fɔːr/

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

HnounUS /eɪtʃ/

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

how

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

IndianadjectiveUS /ˈɪndiən/

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

Johannes

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From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”

kampongnoun

a native village in Malaysia

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

LanounUS /lɑː/

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”

LateadjectiveUS /leɪt/

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

MnounUS /em/

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

MAURICE

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

MENDESverbUS /ˈmeɪndes/

third-person singular of “mend” — restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

militaryadjectiveUS /ˈmɪləteri/

of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

mutteredverbUS /ˈmʌtərd/

past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.

namesnounUS /neɪmz/

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

nativeadjectiveUS /ˈneɪtɪv/

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

PnounUS /piː/

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

PERELAER

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

pleaseverbUS /pliːz/

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

roll-call

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

Schlickeisen

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”

seenverbUS /siːn/

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

ServicenounUS /ˈsɜːrvəs/

work done by one person or group that benefits another

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

SwissnounUS /swɪs/

the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland

From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.

TnounUS /tiː/

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “Who are they?”

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

TranslatedverbUS /trænzˈleɪtɪd/

past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

TwonounUS /tuː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading “Two Swiss, a Belgian and a native,” muttered the Colonel.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading “And has it been ascertained how late they were seen at the military kampong?”

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading “Who are they?”

Wienersdorf

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Schlickeisen, Wienersdorf, La Cueille and Johannes.”

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES “If you please, Colonel, four men have not answered to their names at roll-call.”

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