Chapter 2 of The Knights of the White Shield is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Knights of the White Shield is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GRAND MARCH. "Please, aunty, lend me your wash-stick." As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house. Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back. Two minutes passed.
Chapter 2 of The Knights of the White Shield is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.”
greatly desired
From this reading “Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back.”
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading “As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading “As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.”
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading “THE GRAND MARCH.”
bestow a quality on
From this reading “"Please, aunty, lend me your wash-stick."”
-ing form of “obtain” — come into possession of
From this reading “Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back.”
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading “Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back.”
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(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 As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading "Please, aunty, lend me your wash-stick."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back.
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
greatly desired
From this reading Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back.
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading THE GRAND MARCH.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
bestow a quality on
From this reading "Please, aunty, lend me your wash-stick."
march in a procession
From this reading THE GRAND MARCH.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Please, aunty, lend me your wash-stick."
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Two minutes passed.
-ing form of “obtain” — come into possession of
From this reading Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Two minutes passed.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Please, aunty, lend me your wash-stick."
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GRAND MARCH.
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading Obtaining the coveted treasure, he as eagerly ran back.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two minutes passed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As he spoke Charlie was all excitement, running eagerly from the barn into the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Please, aunty, lend me your wash-stick."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Please, aunty, lend me your wash-stick."
Chapter 2 of The Knights of the White Shield by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Rand holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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 2 holds 204 sentences of The Knights of the White Shield, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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