Chapter 9 of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CALL TO ARMS. Ta ra ra! Ta ra ra! The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed. To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
Chapter 9 of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 1 (of 3) is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading “The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.”
unrestrained by convention or propriety
From this reading “The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.”
bring under control by force or authority
From this reading “To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.”
plural of “note” — a brief written record
From this reading “The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.”
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading “To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.”
three times
From this reading “The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.”
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
From this reading “The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.”
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In this reading “To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading THE CALL TO ARMS.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
unrestrained by convention or propriety
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading THE CALL TO ARMS.
bring under control by force or authority
From this reading To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
the act of departing
From this reading To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
an old form of “has”
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
plural of “note” — a brief written record
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
From this reading Ta ra ra!
plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading To battle! to battle the soldiers are going, To conquer or die on the field.
a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
From this reading Ta ra ra!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CALL TO ARMS.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
three times
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE CALL TO ARMS.
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
From this reading The trumpets are blowing, And thrice hath their brazen notes pealed.
Chapter 9 of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Fergus Hume holds 225 sentences, grouped into 45 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 9 holds 225 sentences of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 1 (of 3), unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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