Chapter 16 of The Brighton Boys in the Argonne Forest is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Brighton Boys in the Argonne Forest is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.” Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true. “Sho! Me, too. I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
Chapter 16 of The Brighton Boys in the Argonne Forest is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make known; make an announcement
From this reading “Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.”
plural of “buddy” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.””
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading “PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.””
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading “Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.”
pull or pull out sharply
From this reading “PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.””
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!””
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!””
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.
In this reading “Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
(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 I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
make known; make an announcement
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
plural of “buddy” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
at any time
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
go away from a place
From this reading I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
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 PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
pull or pull out sharply
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sho!
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading I’ll stick t’ him, if all the rest leave!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PLUCK “I GOT a objection to quittin’ any o’ me buddies.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Me, too.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jennings was always the first to announce an opinion and it ever rang true.
Chapter 16 of The Brighton Boys in the Argonne Forest by James R. Driscoll holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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 16 holds 139 sentences of The Brighton Boys in the Argonne Forest, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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