Chapter 17 of Verses 1889-1896 is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Verses 1889-1896 is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See the chaplain thinkin'? See the women smile? Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle? Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band. Ho!
Chapter 17 of Verses 1889-1896 is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
From this reading “Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?”
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading “Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.”
a clergyman ministering to some institution
From this reading “See the chaplain thinkin'?”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “See the women smile?”
branch out in a twiglike manner
From this reading “Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?”
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “See the women smile?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
From this reading Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.
a clergyman ministering to some institution
From this reading See the chaplain thinkin'?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading Ho!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.
joined in matrimony
From this reading Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See the chaplain thinkin'?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading See the women smile?
carry out
From this reading Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading See the chaplain thinkin'?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See the chaplain thinkin'?
branch out in a twiglike manner
From this reading Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Twig the married winkin' As they take the aisle?
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading See the women smile?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Keep your side-arms quiet, Dressin' by the Band.
Chapter 17 of Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 17 holds 156 sentences of Verses 1889-1896, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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