Chapter 15 of Cedar Creek is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Cedar Creek is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BACK TO CEDAR CREEK. 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation. 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time. Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum? Thirteen mile, if it's a rod.
Chapter 15 of Cedar Creek is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 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.
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
From this reading “BACK TO CEDAR CREEK.”
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “BACK TO CEDAR CREEK.”
an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading “'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.”
sing with closed lips
From this reading “Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?”
possessive form of “peter” — disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.”
a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading “Thirteen mile, if it's a rod.”
a small hard fruit
From this reading “'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading “Thirteen mile, if it's a rod.”
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 “Thirteen mile, if it's a rod.”
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 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading BACK TO CEDAR CREEK.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
From this reading BACK TO CEDAR CREEK.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading BACK TO CEDAR CREEK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
sing with closed lips
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thirteen mile, if it's a rod.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Thirteen mile, if it's a rod.
used to form the superlative
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
possessive form of “peter” — disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading Thirteen mile, if it's a rod.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
a small hard fruit
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
express in words
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading Thirteen mile, if it's a rod.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading 'For sartin I never seed a ghost, but it looked like enough this time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BACK TO CEDAR CREEK.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Now, do tell what brought you so far from hum?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'I declar, if you hain't 'most skeered me!' was Peter's exclamation.
Chapter 15 of Cedar Creek by Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Hely) Walshe holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 15 holds 167 sentences of Cedar Creek, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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