Chapter 14 of The Drums of War is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Drums of War is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage. "I will return on foot. You have disgraced yourself; you have disgraced me. Hand yourself over to Joubert. You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
Chapter 14 of The Drums of War is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
From this reading “You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."”
suffering shame
From this reading “You have disgraced yourself; you have disgraced me.”
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading “You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."”
fasten with a lock
From this reading “You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."”
the act of punishing
From this reading “You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.”
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading “THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.”
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 “You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."”
return home
In this reading “THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.”
In this reading “THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.”
In this reading “"I will return on foot.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
an occurrence of something
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
suffering shame
From this reading You have disgraced yourself; you have disgraced me.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading "I will return on foot.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Hand yourself over to Joubert.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have disgraced yourself; you have disgraced me.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will return on foot.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hand yourself over to Joubert.
metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
fasten with a lock
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
come together
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I will return on foot.
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
above and across; more than
From this reading Hand yourself over to Joubert.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
the act of punishing
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "I will return on foot.
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RUINED ONES "Go home!" said my father, putting me into the carriage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hand yourself over to Joubert.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
up to a particular time
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will return on foot.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have disgraced yourself; you have disgraced me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are to be a prisoner under lock and key until I devise some punishment to meet your case."
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You have disgraced yourself; you have disgraced me.
Chapter 14 of The Drums of War by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole holds 96 sentences, grouped into 20 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.
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