Chapter 4 of Children of the Frost is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Children of the Frost is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Wherefore?" he cried. "Na! Na!" the people laughed. "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!" "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
Chapter 4 of Children of the Frost is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “"Wherefore?" he cried.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “"Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “"It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Na!" the people laughed.”
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “"Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Na!" the people laughed.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “"Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"”
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading “"Wherefore?" he cried.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Wherefore?" he cried.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Wherefore?" he cried.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
apprehended with certainty
From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Na!" the people laughed.
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group
From this reading "Na!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Na!" the people laughed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Na!" the people laughed.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thy medicine be ill, O Klok-No-Ton!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It be known to all," La-lah stuttered.
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading "Wherefore?" he cried.
Chapter 4 of Children of the Frost by Jack London holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 393 sentences of Children of the Frost, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Children of the Frost by Jack London exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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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