Chapter 6 of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The new officers get their assignments. An invitation to Mrs. Overton. The Mexican situation threatens. Frontier duty promised. Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision. "The Mexican border trouble has broken out!"
Chapter 6 of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “assignment” — a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
From this reading “The new officers get their assignments.”
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading “"The Mexican border trouble has broken out!"”
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading “Frontier duty promised.”
plural of “lieutenant” — a commissioned military officer
From this reading “Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.”
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading “The Mexican situation threatens.”
the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
From this reading “Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.”
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.”
third-person singular of “threaten” — pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading “The Mexican situation threatens.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An invitation to Mrs. Overton.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.
plural of “assignment” — a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
From this reading The new officers get their assignments.
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading "The Mexican border trouble has broken out!"
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading "The Mexican border trouble has broken out!"
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Frontier duty promised.
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading Frontier duty promised.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The new officers get their assignments.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The Mexican border trouble has broken out!"
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading An invitation to Mrs. Overton.
plural of “lieutenant” — a commissioned military officer
From this reading Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading The Mexican situation threatens.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading An invitation to Mrs. Overton.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The new officers get their assignments.
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading The new officers get their assignments.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "The Mexican border trouble has broken out!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An invitation to Mrs. Overton.
carry out or perform an action
From this reading Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.
the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
From this reading Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading Frontier duty promised.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading The Mexican situation threatens.
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The new officers get their assignments.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The new officers get their assignments.
third-person singular of “threaten” — pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading The Mexican situation threatens.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An invitation to Mrs. Overton.
a source of difficulty
From this reading "The Mexican border trouble has broken out!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Young lieutenants perform their duties with snap and precision.
Chapter 6 of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 6 sentences, grouped into 2 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.
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