Chapter 21 of The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties. Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded. As many more nursed slight injuries. The enemy's casualties, proportionately, had been more severe. Half of the original number were stretched on the ground.
Chapter 21 of The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “casualty” — someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
From this reading “THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.”
possessive form of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading “The enemy's casualties, proportionately, had been more severe.”
plural of “injury” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “As many more nursed slight injuries.”
(of an infant) breast-fed
From this reading “As many more nursed slight injuries.”
to a proportionate degree
From this reading “The enemy's casualties, proportionately, had been more severe.”
in a serious manner
From this reading “Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.”
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading “The enemy's casualties, proportionately, had been more severe.”
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
From this reading “THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As many more nursed slight injuries.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
plural of “casualty” — someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
possessive form of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading The enemy's casualties, proportionately, had been more severe.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Half of the original number were stretched on the ground.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Half of the original number were stretched on the ground.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
plural of “injury” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading As many more nursed slight injuries.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading As many more nursed slight injuries.
the force of workers available
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading Half of the original number were stretched on the ground.
(of an infant) breast-fed
From this reading As many more nursed slight injuries.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Half of the original number were stretched on the ground.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading Half of the original number were stretched on the ground.
to a proportionate degree
From this reading The enemy's casualties, proportionately, had been more severe.
in a serious manner
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading The enemy's casualties, proportionately, had been more severe.
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
From this reading As many more nursed slight injuries.
(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching
From this reading Half of the original number were stretched on the ground.
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading THE END OF THE SUBMARINE Frank now took account of his casualties.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Half of the original number were stretched on the ground.
people who are wounded
From this reading Five men had been killed and twenty more or less seriously wounded.
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