Chapter 16 of Cabin Fever is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Cabin Fever is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted. “Hey! The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something. You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out. There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
Chapter 16 of Cabin Fever is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a partially opened flower
From this reading “You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.”
past form of “chuckle” — laugh quietly or with restraint
From this reading ““Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.”
coarse jute fabric
From this reading “The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.”
comparative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading ““Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.”
possessive form of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.”
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading “The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.”
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading “There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?””
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading “There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?””
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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 “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
(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 You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
put or pin the blame on
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
a partially opened flower
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
past form of “chuckle” — laugh quietly or with restraint
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
coarse jute fabric
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
comparative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hey!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
possessive form of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
not any; not one
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The kid's got hold of a piece of gunny sack or something.
separate or cause to separate abruptly
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
express in words
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
a special situation
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading There's no sense in lettin' him tear the whole blame shack to pieces, is there?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Tell a worl'!” chuckled Lovin Child, and pulled harder at the thing he wanted.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You look out, Bud, or he'll have all that chinkin' out.
Chapter 16 of Cabin Fever by B. M. Bower holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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 16 holds 187 sentences of Cabin Fever, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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