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Two on a Tower

Chapter III

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There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:
'Honwerd, Christen sojers!'
'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.
'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'
The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'
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Two on a Tower

Chapter III

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:
Line 2
'Honwerd, Christen sojers!'
Line 3
'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.
Line 4
'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'
Line 5
The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'”

Interrupted noun US /ˈinterrupted/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:”

All words in this reading · 52

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading 'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'

Ah

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From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

atmospheric

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

bass

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

choir

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From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

Chris-ting

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From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

Christ-ian

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From this reading 'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'

Christen

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From this reading 'Honwerd, Christen sojers!'

contingent

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

defective

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From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

echo

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From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

exaggerative

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From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

got

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

hoes

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

Honwerd

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From this reading 'Honwerd, Christen sojers!'

interruptednounUS /ˈinterrupted/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

jaws

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From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

like

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From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading 'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'

noise

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

Now

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From this reading 'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

On-ward

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From this reading 'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'

On-wed

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From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

own

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

parson

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From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

pronunciation

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From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

repeat

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From this reading 'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

scrapers

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

sojers

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From this reading 'Honwerd, Christen sojers!'

sol

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From this reading The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: 'On-wed, Chris-ting, sol- jaws!'

sol-diers

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From this reading 'Now repeat after me: "On-ward, Christ-ian, sol-diers."'

that's

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From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

There

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

way

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From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own:

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading 'Ah, that's where we are so defective--the pronunciation,' interrupted the parson.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading There was a noise as of atmospheric hoes and scrapers, and the bass contingent at last got under way with a time of its own: