Chapter 16 of Soldiers Three is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of Soldiers Three is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep. From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me. And now, O my brother, the tale is all told. AHI! AHI!
Chapter 16 of Soldiers Three is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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highly skilled
From this reading “And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.”
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.”
a holding device
From this reading “And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.”
an ordered reference standard
From this reading “And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “And now, O my brother, the tale is all told.”
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.”
an old word for “to”
From this reading “And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.”
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highly skilled
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
anew
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AHI!
(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 And now, O my brother, the tale is all told.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading And now, O my brother, the tale is all told.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
a holding device
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
the state of being honored
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
not any; not one
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now, O my brother, the tale is all told.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading And now, O my brother, the tale is all told.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
an ordered reference standard
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading And now, O my brother, the tale is all told.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading And now, O my brother, the tale is all told.
a source of difficulty
From this reading From the night, through the day, and into the night again I shall sleep; and no dream shall trouble me.
an old word for “to”
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
at the time that
From this reading And when I have accomplished the matter and my Honour is made clean, I shall return thanks unto God, the Holder of the Scale of the Law, and I shall sleep.
Chapter 16 of Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling holds 396 sentences, grouped into 80 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 16 holds 396 sentences of Soldiers Three, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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