Chapter 7 of Soldiers Three is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Soldiers Three is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SCENE.--_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club. Time_, 10.30 P. M. _of a stuffy night in the Rains. Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs. To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
Chapter 7 of Soldiers Three is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “attitude” — a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading “Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “SCENE.--_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club.”
distributed or spread over a considerable extent
From this reading “Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.”
contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
From this reading “To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.”
plural of “mogul” — a bump on a ski slope
From this reading “To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.”
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
From this reading “Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.”
plural of “rain” — water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “_of a stuffy night in the Rains.”
lacking fresh air
From this reading “_of a stuffy night in the Rains.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading Time_, 10.30 P. M.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _of a stuffy night in the Rains.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.
plural of “attitude” — a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading SCENE.--_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SCENE.--_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club.
distributed or spread over a considerable extent
From this reading Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.
put on clothes
From this reading To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.
to come or go into
From this reading To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _of a stuffy night in the Rains.
contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
From this reading To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Time_, 10.30 P. M.
the force of workers available
From this reading Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.
plural of “mogul” — a bump on a ski slope
From this reading To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading _of a stuffy night in the Rains.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SCENE.--_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club.
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 Time_, 10.30 P. M.
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
From this reading Four men dispersed in picturesque attitudes and easy-chairs.
plural of “rain” — water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading _of a stuffy night in the Rains.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE.--_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SCENE.--_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club.
lacking fresh air
From this reading _of a stuffy night in the Rains.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCENE.--_Smoking-room of the Deychi Club.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Time_, 10.30 P. M.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To these enter_ BLAYNE _of the Irregular Moguls, in evening dress_.
Chapter 7 of Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 7 holds 413 sentences of Soldiers Three, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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