Chapter 8 of Big Game: A Story for Girls is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Big Game: A Story for Girls is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers. "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know! One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times. But I can chuck stones with the best of 'em. That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
Chapter 8 of Big Game: A Story for Girls is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the leader of a group of people
From this reading “The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.”
throw carelessly
From this reading “But I can chuck stones with the best of 'em.”
past form of “chuckle” — laugh quietly or with restraint
From this reading “The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.”
assemble or get together
From this reading “The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.”
plural of “genius” — someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading “"Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!”
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
From this reading “One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.”
a small number or amount
From this reading “The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.”
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.”
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 The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading But I can chuck stones with the best of 'em.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I can chuck stones with the best of 'em.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!
the leader of a group of people
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
throw carelessly
From this reading But I can chuck stones with the best of 'em.
past form of “chuckle” — laugh quietly or with restraint
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
a quad with a square body
From this reading But I can chuck stones with the best of 'em.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
assemble or get together
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
plural of “genius” — someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
a small number or amount
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I can chuck stones with the best of 'em.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!
immediately past
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
come together
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
propel through the air
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading One in a glen is about as much as you can expect to meet in these hard times.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Chieftain chuckled, bent down to gather a handful of stones, and raised a red smiling face to hers.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!
in the company of; together with
From this reading But I can chuck stones with the best of 'em.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, well, we can't all be geniuses, you know!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That one was a good dozen yards beyond your last throw.
Chapter 8 of Big Game: A Story for Girls by George de Horne, Mrs. Vaizey holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 8 holds 411 sentences of Big Game: A Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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