Chapter 11 of Rung Ho! A Novel is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Rung Ho! A Novel is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us. Who heads wolves in the dawning day? Who leaps in when the bull's at bay? He who dare is he who may! Now, rede ye who shall lead us!
Chapter 11 of Rung Ho! A Novel is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “bull” — uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading “Who leaps in when the bull's at bay?”
social status or position conferred by a system based on class
From this reading “Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.”
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
From this reading “Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.”
the first light of day
From this reading “Who heads wolves in the dawning day?”
fixed or established especially by order or command
From this reading “Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.”
past form of “horse” — provide with a horse or horses
From this reading “Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.”
plural of “leap” — a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “Who leaps in when the bull's at bay?”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “Who heads wolves in the dawning day?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Who leaps in when the bull's at bay?
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading Who leaps in when the bull's at bay?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
possessive form of “bull” — uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
From this reading Who leaps in when the bull's at bay?
social status or position conferred by a system based on class
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading He who dare is he who may!
the first light of day
From this reading Who heads wolves in the dawning day?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Who heads wolves in the dawning day?
fixed or established especially by order or command
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He who dare is he who may!
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Who heads wolves in the dawning day?
past form of “horse” — provide with a horse or horses
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Who heads wolves in the dawning day?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Now, rede ye who shall lead us!
plural of “leap” — a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading Who leaps in when the bull's at bay?
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He who dare is he who may!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, rede ye who shall lead us!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
give an interpretation or explanation to
From this reading Now, rede ye who shall lead us!
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From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Now, rede ye who shall lead us!
plural of “son” — a male human offspring
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
at the time that
From this reading Who leaps in when the bull's at bay?
which person or people
From this reading Who heads wolves in the dawning day?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Sons of the sons of war we be, Sabred and horsed, and whole and free; One is the caste, and one degree,-- One law,--one code decreed us.
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading Who heads wolves in the dawning day?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Now, rede ye who shall lead us!
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