Chapter 9 of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants is here in full — 9 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants is here in full — 9 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bound hand and foot. A disheartening discovery. A knife at his throat. Sentries in a fix. Greasers gloat and threaten. A Mexican boot in Hal's face. Moving day on the border. "It's our night to laugh." Rejoicing on the Rio Grande.
Chapter 9 of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants is here in full — 9 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
From this reading “A Mexican boot in Hal's face.”
destructive of morale and self-reliance
From this reading “A disheartening discovery.”
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading “Greasers gloat and threaten.”
possessive form of “hals” — Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
From this reading “A Mexican boot in Hal's face.”
a feeling of great happiness
From this reading “Rejoicing on the Rio Grande.”
the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
From this reading “Rejoicing on the Rio Grande.”
plural of “sentry” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “Sentries in a fix.”
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading “Greasers gloat and threaten.”
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 “Moving day on the border.”
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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 A disheartening discovery.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bound hand and foot.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A knife at his throat.
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
From this reading A Mexican boot in Hal's face.
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading Moving day on the border.
confined by bonds
From this reading Bound hand and foot.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Moving day on the border.
the act of discovering something
From this reading A disheartening discovery.
destructive of morale and self-reliance
From this reading A disheartening discovery.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A Mexican boot in Hal's face.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading Sentries in a fix.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Bound hand and foot.
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading Greasers gloat and threaten.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rejoicing on the Rio Grande.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Greasers gloat and threaten.
possessive form of “hals” — Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
From this reading A Mexican boot in Hal's face.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Bound hand and foot.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A knife at his throat.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sentries in a fix.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's our night to laugh."
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading A knife at his throat.
the sound of laughing
From this reading "It's our night to laugh."
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading A Mexican boot in Hal's face.
in motion
From this reading Moving day on the border.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "It's our night to laugh."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Moving day on the border.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "It's our night to laugh."
a feeling of great happiness
From this reading Rejoicing on the Rio Grande.
the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
From this reading Rejoicing on the Rio Grande.
plural of “sentry” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Sentries in a fix.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Moving day on the border.
pose a threat to; present a danger to
From this reading Greasers gloat and threaten.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading A knife at his throat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It's our night to laugh."
Chapter 9 of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 9 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.
Chapter 9 holds 9 sentences of Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
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