Chapter 10 of With Joffre at Verdun is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of With Joffre at Verdun is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming! See them swarming from the trees yonder. Watch them tramping through the snow! "Steady! Hold your fire!
Chapter 10 of With Joffre at Verdun is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “hero” — a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading “The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “Watch them tramping through the snow!”
make steady
From this reading “"Steady!”
-ing form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading “See them swarming from the trees yonder.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!”
-ing form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading “Watch them tramping through the snow!”
look attentively
From this reading “Watch them tramping through the snow!”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “See them swarming from the trees yonder.”
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 “The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!”
In this reading “Watch them tramping through the snow!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!
start firing a weapon
From this reading Hold your fire!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading See them swarming from the trees yonder.
plural of “hero” — a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Hold your fire!
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See them swarming from the trees yonder.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Watch them tramping through the snow!
make steady
From this reading "Steady!
-ing form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading See them swarming from the trees yonder.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading See them swarming from the trees yonder.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The Thin Line of Heroes "They are coming!
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Watch them tramping through the snow!
-ing form of “tramp” — travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
From this reading Watch them tramping through the snow!
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading See them swarming from the trees yonder.
look attentively
From this reading Watch them tramping through the snow!
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading See them swarming from the trees yonder.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Hold your fire!
Chapter 10 of With Joffre at Verdun by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 10 holds 112 sentences of With Joffre at Verdun, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of With Joffre at Verdun by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 23 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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