Chapter 10 of Back to God's Country and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Back to God's Country and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered. "He is tall--like you?" "No. He is of medium height." "And his hair? It is dark--dark like yours?"
Chapter 10 of Back to God's Country and Other Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 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.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “It is dark--dark like yours?"”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “"And his hair?”
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading “"No. He is of medium height."”
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
From this reading “"No. He is of medium height."”
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “"He is tall--like you?"”
express in words
From this reading “"Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “"Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “It is dark--dark like yours?"”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And his hair?
absence of light or illumination
From this reading It is dark--dark like yours?"
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading "And his hair?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading "No. He is of medium height."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "And his hair?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is dark--dark like yours?"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
From this reading "No. He is of medium height."
not any; not one
From this reading "No. He is of medium height."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "No. He is of medium height."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading "He is tall--like you?"
express in words
From this reading "Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Tell me--what he is like?" she whispered.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "He is tall--like you?"
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading It is dark--dark like yours?"
Chapter 10 of Back to God's Country and Other Stories by James Oliver Curwood holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 10 holds 425 sentences of Back to God's Country and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Back to God's Country and Other Stories by James Oliver Curwood exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.
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