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Chapter 4 of Stanley in Africa is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ART. V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected. ART. VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers. ART.
Chapter 4 of Stanley in Africa is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
From this reading “VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.”
plural of “district” — a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading “V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.”
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
From this reading “VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.”
give surety or assume responsibility
From this reading “V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.”
formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale
From this reading “VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.”
receiving deferential regard
From this reading “V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.”
plural of “treaty” — a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
From this reading “V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.”
plural of “volunteer” — (military) a person who freely enlists for service
From this reading “VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.”
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In this reading “VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.”
In this reading “VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.”
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(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading ART.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
have
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
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From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
plural of “district” — a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
give surety or assume responsibility
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
the force of workers available
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
receiving deferential regard
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
plural of “treaty” — a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading V.——The confederated districts guarantee that the treaties made between them shall be respected.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
plural of “volunteer” — (military) a person who freely enlists for service
From this reading VI.——The public force of the Confederacy shall be organized at the rate of one man out of every two men able to bear arms; of native or foreign volunteers.
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