Chapter 5 of Camp Lenape on the Long Trail is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Camp Lenape on the Long Trail is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SINKING OF THE _Sachem_ He still lived! Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking. His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached. Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together. He reached up and tore off his blindfold.
Chapter 5 of Camp Lenape on the Long Trail is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ache” — feel physical pain
From this reading “His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.”
a cloth used to cover the eyes
From this reading “He reached up and tore off his blindfold.”
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
From this reading “His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.”
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading “Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.”
a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
From this reading “Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.”
consisting of fine particles
From this reading “His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.”
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading “Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.”
past form of “thrash” — give a thrashing to; beat hard
From this reading “Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “He reached up and tore off his blindfold.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
past form of “ache” — feel physical pain
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
a cloth used to cover the eyes
From this reading He reached up and tore off his blindfold.
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
confined by bonds
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.
a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
From this reading Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.
remove the dust from
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
set up or found
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
in a frenzied manner
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE SINKING OF THE _Sachem_ He still lived!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading THE SINKING OF THE _Sachem_ He still lived!
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SINKING OF THE _Sachem_ He still lived!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He reached up and tore off his blindfold.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.
consisting of fine particles
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading He reached up and tore off his blindfold.
a strong line
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)
From this reading THE SINKING OF THE _Sachem_ He still lived!
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading THE SINKING OF THE _Sachem_ He still lived!
not in physical motion
From this reading THE SINKING OF THE _Sachem_ He still lived!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SINKING OF THE _Sachem_ He still lived!
past form of “thrash” — give a thrashing to; beat hard
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Frenziedly, he thrashed about, and found he had shaken free of the rope that had bound his hands together.
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
From this reading He reached up and tore off his blindfold.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Dirk drew himself up on one elbow, choking.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
in the company of; together with
From this reading His mouth was filled with powdery dust, and every bone ached.
Chapter 5 of Camp Lenape on the Long Trail by Carl Saxon holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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.
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