Chapter 1 of Carl the Trailer is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Carl the Trailer is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT. “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you? Do your men get that way often?” “Yes, sir. These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.
Chapter 1 of Carl the Trailer is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 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.
take in solid food
From this reading “These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.”
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading ““So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT.”
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading ““So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading ““So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?”
a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
From this reading “These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.”
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 ““So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?”
In this reading “These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do your men get that way often?”
take in solid food
From this reading These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Do your men get that way often?”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?
the force of workers available
From this reading Do your men get that way often?”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?
many times at short intervals
From this reading Do your men get that way often?”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?
a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
From this reading These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT.
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.
term of address for a man
From this reading “Yes, sir.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Do your men get that way often?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Do your men get that way often?”
a Caucasian
From this reading These Pawnee scouts can’t eat like white men.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, sir.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “So you are nearly out of fresh meat, are you?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do your men get that way often?”
Chapter 1 of Carl the Trailer by Harry Castlemon holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 1 holds 129 sentences of Carl the Trailer, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Carl the Trailer by Harry Castlemon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
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