Chapter 11 of The Knights of the White Shield is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Knights of the White Shield is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CLUB IN SPLINTERS. There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even. This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club. It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially. It happened in this way.
Chapter 11 of The Knights of the White Shield is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of breaking something
From this reading “There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “THE CLUB IN SPLINTERS.”
plural of “down” — soft fine feathers
From this reading “It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.”
having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
From this reading “This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.”
plural of “organization” — a group of people who work together
From this reading “It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.”
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.”
wood in small pieces or splinters
From this reading “THE CLUB IN SPLINTERS.”
third-person singular of “up” — raise
From this reading “It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.”
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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 There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
(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 It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
the act of breaking something
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading THE CLUB IN SPLINTERS.
plural of “down” — soft fine feathers
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
divisible by two
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
From this reading This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.
the act of departing
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading It happened in this way.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE CLUB IN SPLINTERS.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.
plural of “organization” — a group of people who work together
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.
wood in small pieces or splinters
From this reading THE CLUB IN SPLINTERS.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CLUB IN SPLINTERS.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
a special situation
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is such a thing as a club breaking, going to splinters even.
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From this reading This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.
third-person singular of “up” — raise
From this reading It was not a strange thing, as all human organizations have their ups and downs, and many have their downs especially.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This sad end of a club was experienced by the Up-the-Ladder Club.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It happened in this way.
Chapter 11 of The Knights of the White Shield by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Rand holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 11 holds 188 sentences of The Knights of the White Shield, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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