Chapter 10 of With Wolseley to Kumasi is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of With Wolseley to Kumasi is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"British war vessel," he said sleepily. "What's she doing here?" "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes. "She wave de flag and send dem aloft." "And there goes a gun.
Chapter 10 of With Wolseley to Kumasi is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
From this reading “"She wave de flag and send dem aloft."”
the people of Great Britain
From this reading “"British war vessel," he said sleepily.”
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading “"She wave de flag and send dem aloft."”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “"And there goes a gun.”
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading “"Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.”
in a sleepy manner
From this reading “"British war vessel," he said sleepily.”
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading “"British war vessel," he said sleepily.”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “"She wave de flag and send dem aloft."”
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 “"Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.”
a government ship that is available for waging war
In this reading “"British war vessel," he said sleepily.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "And there goes a gun.
later than; following
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
From this reading "She wave de flag and send dem aloft."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "She wave de flag and send dem aloft."
the people of Great Britain
From this reading "British war vessel," he said sleepily.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading "She wave de flag and send dem aloft."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She wave de flag and send dem aloft."
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading "What's she doing here?"
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
From this reading "She wave de flag and send dem aloft."
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading "And there goes a gun.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading "And there goes a gun.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "British war vessel," he said sleepily.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "What's she doing here?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
engage in
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "British war vessel," he said sleepily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading "She wave de flag and send dem aloft."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "What's she doing here?"
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
in a sleepy manner
From this reading "British war vessel," he said sleepily.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "And there goes a gun.
make or emit a high sound
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tink she make signal to us, sar," said Johnnie after some minutes.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading "British war vessel," he said sleepily.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading "British war vessel," he said sleepily.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading "She wave de flag and send dem aloft."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's she doing here?"
Chapter 10 of With Wolseley to Kumasi by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 397 sentences of With Wolseley to Kumasi, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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