Chapter 24 of Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONCLUSION "Hurrah!" yelled Tom Reade. "Sink or swim---but never say die! Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!" It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war. Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
Chapter 24 of Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a swaggering show of courage
From this reading “It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.”
an aimless drawing
From this reading “Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"”
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading “Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.”
a victory cheer
From this reading “CONCLUSION "Hurrah!" yelled Tom Reade.”
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading “Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.”
travel through water
From this reading “"Sink or swim---but never say die!”
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading “Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “CONCLUSION "Hurrah!" yelled Tom Reade.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
a swaggering show of courage
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Sink or swim---but never say die!
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading CONCLUSION "Hurrah!" yelled Tom Reade.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "Sink or swim---but never say die!
an aimless drawing
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
a quad with a square body
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
having lost your job
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
a victory cheer
From this reading CONCLUSION "Hurrah!" yelled Tom Reade.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Sink or swim---but never say die!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Sink or swim---but never say die!
above and across; more than
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
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From this reading CONCLUSION "Hurrah!" yelled Tom Reade.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
express in words
From this reading "Sink or swim---but never say die!
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading "Sink or swim---but never say die!
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
travel through water
From this reading "Sink or swim---but never say die!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
male cat
From this reading CONCLUSION "Hurrah!" yelled Tom Reade.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Tom headed straight for the nearest plane, and Dick turned the machine gun loose.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading It sounded like sheer bravado, but Reade was fired with the new genius of the war.
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading Now we'll give it to 'em, real Yankee Doodle, 'over there' style!"
in a vehement outcry
From this reading CONCLUSION "Hurrah!" yelled Tom Reade.
Chapter 24 of Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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 24 holds 81 sentences of Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
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