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Si Klegg — Book 1
Si Klegg — Book 1

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Si Klegg — Book 1 is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.
NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.
The details of guard and picket had been made.
Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.
All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Si Klegg — Book 1

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Si Klegg — Book 1 is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.
/ðə dɪˈprævəti ʌv æn ˈɑːrmi tent rɪˈviːlz ˌɪtˈself/
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NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.
Line 3
The details of guard and picket had been made.
/ðə dɪˈteɪlz ʌv ɡɑːrd ənd ˈpɪkɪt hæd bɪn meɪd/
Line 4
Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.
Line 5
All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.
/ɔːl deɪ ðə ˈɑːrmi hæd mɑːrtʃt ənd wɑːz tuː teɪk ðə roʊd əˈɡen æt æn ˈɜːrli ˈaʊər ɪn ðə ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

beats noun US /biːts/

a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

From this reading “Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.”

bivouac noun US /ˈbɪvwæk/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading “Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.”

depravity noun US /dɪˈprævəti/

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

From this reading “THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.”

outposts noun US /ˈaʊtpoʊsts/

plural of “outpost” — a station in a remote or sparsely populated location

From this reading “Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.”

picket noun US /ˈpɪkɪt/

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

From this reading “The details of guard and picket had been made.”

reveals verb US /rɪˈviːlz/

third-person singular of “reveal” — make visible

From this reading “THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.”

sentries noun US /ˈsentriz/

plural of “sentry” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

From this reading “Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.”

sleepless adjective US /ˈsliːpləs/

experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

From this reading “Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

early hour adjective + noun

In this reading “All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.”

listening ear noun + noun

In this reading “Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.”

in the morning preposition + article + noun counted as “in … morning”

In this reading “All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.”

All day adjective + noun

In this reading “All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.”

take the road verb + article + noun counted as “take … road”

give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town

In this reading “All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.”

All words in this reading · 57

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200th

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

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

ANdeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The details of guard and picket had been made.

ARMYnounUS /ˈɑːrmi/

a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

From this reading THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.

aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

beatsnounUS /biːts/

a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The details of guard and picket had been made.

bivouacnounUS /ˈbɪvwæk/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

campnounUS /kæmp/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

darknounUS /dɑːrk/

absence of light or illumination

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

DEPRAVITYnounUS /dɪˈprævəti/

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

From this reading THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.

detailsnounUS /dɪˈteɪlz/

true confidential information

From this reading The details of guard and picket had been made.

earnounUS /iːr/

the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

eyenounUS /aɪ/

the organ of sight

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

faithfuladjectiveUS /ˈfeɪθfəl/

steadfast in affection or allegiance

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

guardnounUS /ɡɑːrd/

a person who keeps watch over something or someone

From this reading The details of guard and picket had been made.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The details of guard and picket had been made.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

hournounUS /ˈaʊər/

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

Ind

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

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

ITSELFpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.

keptadjectiveUS /kept/

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

listeningnounUS /ˈlɪsənɪŋ/

the act of hearing attentively

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading The details of guard and picket had been made.

mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/

the cloak as a symbol of authority

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

marchedverbUS /mɑːrtʃt/

past form of “march” — march in a procession

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

morningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

NIGHTnounUS /naɪt/

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

outpostsnounUS /ˈaʊtpoʊsts/

plural of “outpost” — a station in a remote or sparsely populated location

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

picketnounUS /ˈpɪkɪt/

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

From this reading The details of guard and picket had been made.

REVEALSverbUS /rɪˈviːlz/

third-person singular of “reveal” — make visible

From this reading THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.

roadnounUS /roʊd/

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

sentriesnounUS /ˈsentriz/

plural of “sentry” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

sleeplessadjectiveUS /ˈsliːpləs/

experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

takeverbUS /teɪk/

carry out

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

TENTnounUS /tent/

a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

From this reading THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

threwverbUS /θruː/

inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air

From this reading NIGHT threw her dark mantle over the camp of the 200th Ind.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

trodverbUS /trɑːd/

inflected form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

Videts

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

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

wardnounUS /wɔːrd/

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading All day the army had marched, and was to take the road again at an early hour in the morning.

watchverbUS /wɑːtʃ/

look attentively

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Videts, with sleepless eye and listening ear, kept watch and ward on the outposts, while faithful sentries trod their beats around the great bivouac.

Chapter 13 of Si Klegg — Book 1 by John McElroy holds 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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.

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