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The Red Badge of Courage

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Stephen Crane • Curated US English Learning Edition

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When the two youths turned with the flag they saw that much of the regiment had crumbled away, and the dejected remnant was coming slowly back.

The men, having hurled themselves in projectile fashion, had presently expended their forces.

They slowly retreated, with their faces still toward the spluttering woods, and their hot rifles still replying to the din.

Several officers were giving orders, their voices keyed to screams.

“Where in hell yeh goin’?” the lieutenant was asking in a sarcastic howl.

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The Red Badge of Courage

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

When the two youths turned with the flag they saw that much of the regiment had crumbled away, and the dejected remnant was coming slowly back.

Line 2

The men, having hurled themselves in projectile fashion, had presently expended their forces.

Line 3

They slowly retreated, with their faces still toward the spluttering woods, and their hot rifles still replying to the din.

Line 4

Several officers were giving orders, their voices keyed to screams.

Line 5

“Where in hell yeh goin’?” the lieutenant was asking in a sarcastic howl.

All words in this reading · 62

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a

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and

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asking

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away

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back

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coming

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crumbled

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dejected

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din

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expended

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faces

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fashion

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flag

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forces

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giving

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goin

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had

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having

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hell

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hot

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howl

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hurled

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in

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keyed

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lieutenant

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men

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much

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of

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officers

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orders

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presently

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projectile

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regiment

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remnant

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replying

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retreated

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rifles

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sarcastic

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saw

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screams

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Several

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slowly

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spluttering

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still

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that

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the

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their

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themselves

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they

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to

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toward

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turned

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two

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voices

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was

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were

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When

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Where

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with

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woods

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yeh

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youths

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Chapter 20 of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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Passed: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Badge of Courage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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