Chapter 4 of Cat o' mountain is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Cat o' mountain is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward. “Don’t you touch him!” blazed Marion. “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you! I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said. Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
Chapter 4 of Cat o' mountain is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading ““Don’t you touch him!” blazed Marion.”
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading “THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading “THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.”
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
From this reading “THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.”
past form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.”
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading ““Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!”
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
From this reading “THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.”
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
From this reading “I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.”
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In this reading “THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.”
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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 “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading “Don’t you touch him!” blazed Marion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
placed in a grave
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you touch him!” blazed Marion.
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Don’t you touch him!” blazed Marion.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
past form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
go away from a place
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you touch him!” blazed Marion.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading “Don’t you touch him!” blazed Marion.
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
the act of using
From this reading “Don’t you put a hand onto him or I’ll--I’ll use that gun onto you!
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading THE FUGITIVE Dumb, Douglas leaned his gun against the wall and moved outward.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
in or at the place that
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading I might have knowed you was lyin’--if I’d knowed Steve was out I’d never trusted a word you said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Don’t you touch him!” blazed Marion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now you’ve got him, leave him to be buried where he was borned.
Chapter 4 of Cat o' mountain by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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 4 holds 229 sentences of Cat o' mountain, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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