Chapter 14 of A Mountain Woman is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of A Mountain Woman is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air. Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark. It would soon be time to go to work. He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning. How close the cabin seemed!
Chapter 14 of A Mountain Woman is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
From this reading “The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.”
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “How close the cabin seemed!”
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “How close the cabin seemed!”
formed or conceived by the imagination
From this reading “He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.”
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 “He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.”
make whistling sounds
From this reading “The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.”
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anew
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would soon be time to go to work.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading How close the cabin seemed!
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading How close the cabin seemed!
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
formed or conceived by the imagination
From this reading He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
set up or found
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It would soon be time to go to work.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
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From this reading He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.
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From this reading How close the cabin seemed!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.
on one occasion
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading How close the cabin seemed!
in the near future
From this reading It would soon be time to go to work.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
in or at that place or location
From this reading He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It would soon be time to go to work.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would soon be time to go to work.
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 He fancied there would be hoar-frost on the trees in the morning.
at the time that
From this reading Once when he opened his eyes he found it dark.
make whistling sounds
From this reading The forest again, the night-wind, the whistle of the axe through the air.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading It would soon be time to go to work.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would soon be time to go to work.
Chapter 14 of A Mountain Woman by Elia Wilkinson Peattie holds 192 sentences, grouped into 39 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 14 holds 192 sentences of A Mountain Woman, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of A Mountain Woman by Elia Wilkinson Peattie exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 192 sentences, grouped into 39 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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