Chapter 29 of Crooked Trails and Straight is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Crooked Trails and Straight is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth. After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it. She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time. More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it. Whenever she did this her eyes smiled.
Chapter 29 of Crooked Trails and Straight is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
From this reading “After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.”
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading “A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.”
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
From this reading “More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.”
read anew; read again
From this reading “More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.”
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.”
a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times
From this reading “A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.”
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading “More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.”
the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading “More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.”
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 “A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.”
In this reading “After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.”
In this reading “After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.”
In this reading “She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.”
In this reading “More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
later than; following
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Whenever she did this her eyes smiled.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
the act of departing
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
on one occasion
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
read anew; read again
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Whenever she did this her eyes smiled.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Whenever she did this her eyes smiled.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After leaving him Kate had ridden forward to the canyon and entered it.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading She did not mean to go much farther, but she took her time.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading A GOOD SAMARITAN Fendrick had told the exact truth.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading More than once she slipped from under a fold of her waist a letter and reread sentences of it.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Whenever she did this her eyes smiled.
Chapter 29 of Crooked Trails and Straight by William MacLeod Raine holds 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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 29 holds 253 sentences of Crooked Trails and Straight, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Crooked Trails and Straight by William MacLeod Raine exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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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