Chapter 15 of The Hidden Children is here in full — 584 sentences across 117 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of The Hidden Children is here in full — 584 sentences across 117 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BLOCK-HOUSE NO. 2 On the 14th the army lay supine. There was no news from Otsego. One man fell dead in camp of heart disease. The cattle-guard was fired on.
Chapter 15 of The Hidden Children is here in full — 584 sentences across 117 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading “2 On the 14th the army lay supine.”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.”
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading “One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.”
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading “One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.”
having lost your job
From this reading “The cattle-guard was fired on.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “There was no news from Otsego.”
lying face upward
From this reading “2 On the 14th the army lay supine.”
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From this reading 2 On the 14th the army lay supine.
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From this reading 2 On the 14th the army lay supine.
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading 2 On the 14th the army lay supine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BLOCK-HOUSE NO.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The cattle-guard was fired on.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
having lost your job
From this reading The cattle-guard was fired on.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was no news from Otsego.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading 2 On the 14th the army lay supine.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
information about recent and important events
From this reading There was no news from Otsego.
not any; not one
From this reading BLOCK-HOUSE NO.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 2 On the 14th the army lay supine.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One man fell dead in camp of heart disease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was no news from Otsego.
lying face upward
From this reading 2 On the 14th the army lay supine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 2 On the 14th the army lay supine.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no news from Otsego.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no news from Otsego.
Chapter 15 of The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers holds 584 sentences, grouped into 117 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 15 holds 584 sentences of The Hidden Children, unabridged, divided into 117 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 584 sentences, grouped into 117 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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