Chapter 26 of The Trumpet-Major is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of The Trumpet-Major is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'They have been.' 'And got him--I am too late!' 'No; they are coming back again. Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him. Can we save him?
Chapter 26 of The Trumpet-Major is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
anew
From this reading “'No; they are coming back again.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “'No; they are coming back again.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “'No; they are coming back again.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “'And got him--I am too late!'”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “'And got him--I am too late!'”
except for; apart from
From this reading “Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
anew
From this reading 'No; they are coming back again.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading 'And got him--I am too late!'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'And got him--I am too late!'
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'No; they are coming back again.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading 'No; they are coming back again.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading 'They have been.'
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can we save him?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading 'No; they are coming back again.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading 'And got him--I am too late!'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'They have been.'
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'And got him--I am too late!'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'And got him--I am too late!'
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading 'And got him--I am too late!'
not any; not one
From this reading 'No; they are coming back again.
except for; apart from
From this reading Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'They have been.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading 'And got him--I am too late!'
make an effort or attempt
From this reading Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Can we save him?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why did you--' 'I came to try to save him.
Chapter 26 of The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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.
Chapter 26 holds 179 sentences of The Trumpet-Major, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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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