Chapter 2 of Animal Stories from Eskimo Land is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Animal Stories from Eskimo Land is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The boy crept back into his warm bag. When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.” The boy answered, “Hello.” Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you. He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
Chapter 2 of Animal Stories from Eskimo Land is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “The boy crept back into his warm bag.”
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading “When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.””
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “The boy crept back into his warm bag.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.””
an opening into or through something
From this reading “When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.””
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.”
in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
From this reading “He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.”
On the present night.
From this reading “He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.”
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.
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In this reading “The boy crept back into his warm bag.”
In this reading “When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.””
In this reading “When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading The boy answered, “Hello.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The boy crept back into his warm bag.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading The boy crept back into his warm bag.
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy crept back into his warm bag.
the particular occupation for which you are trained
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading The boy crept back into his warm bag.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
characterized by great determination
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The boy crept back into his warm bag.
an opening into or through something
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The boy crept back into his warm bag.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
hear with intention
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boy crept back into his warm bag.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
On the present night.
From this reading He sent for the shaman and told him that he must kill you tonight.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The boy crept back into his warm bag.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
at the time that
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading When it was getting dark again, he heard some one at the window hole calling, “Hello.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then the kind man said, “Listen, your uncle is determined to kill you.
Chapter 2 of Animal Stories from Eskimo Land by Renée Coudert [Adapter] Riggs holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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 2 holds 447 sentences of Animal Stories from Eskimo Land, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Animal Stories from Eskimo Land by Renée Coudert [Adapter] Riggs exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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 90 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 109 minutes of reading across 264 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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