Chapter 15 of Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!" "Don't act like a dog!" "He's only a kid--can't you see?" Then something happened like lightning. Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
Chapter 15 of Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “"Don't act like a dog!"”
-ing form of “haze” — become hazy, dull, or cloudy
From this reading “Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “"He's only a kid--can't you see?"”
third-person singular of “learn” — gain knowledge or skills
From this reading “PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading “Then something happened like lightning.”
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.”
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading “PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"”
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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 "Don't act like a dog!"
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading "Don't act like a dog!"
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's only a kid--can't you see?"
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading "Don't act like a dog!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't act like a dog!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
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From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Then something happened like lightning.
-ing form of “haze” — become hazy, dull, or cloudy
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's only a kid--can't you see?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"
tell false information to for fun
From this reading "He's only a kid--can't you see?"
third-person singular of “learn” — gain knowledge or skills
From this reading PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading Then something happened like lightning.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Don't act like a dog!"
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"
and nothing more
From this reading "He's only a kid--can't you see?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading PRIVATE BILL HOOPER LEARNS "HOLD on, Hooper!"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "He's only a kid--can't you see?"
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Then something happened like lightning.
carry out
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then something happened like lightning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Private Hal Overton had meant to take all his hazing good-humoredly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "He's only a kid--can't you see?"
Chapter 15 of Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 15 holds 175 sentences of Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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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