Chapter 10 of Cudjo's Cave is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Cudjo's Cave is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm. The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly. "That is not God, Cudjo!" "No, no, not your God, massa! My God!" and the African smote his breast.
Chapter 10 of Cudjo's Cave is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
From this reading “My God!" and the African smote his breast.”
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading “The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.”
past form of “grasp” — hold firmly
From this reading “Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.”
a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
From this reading “The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.”
Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
From this reading “Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.”
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading “The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.”
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.
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In this reading “The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.”
In this reading “Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.”
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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 The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
From this reading My God!" and the African smote his breast.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My God!" and the African smote his breast.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading My God!" and the African smote his breast.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That is not God, Cudjo!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "That is not God, Cudjo!"
past form of “grasp” — hold firmly
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That is not God, Cudjo!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, no, not your God, massa!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My God!" and the African smote his breast.
a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, no, not your God, massa!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "That is not God, Cudjo!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
move upward
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My God!" and the African smote his breast.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That is not God, Cudjo!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Penn waited for him to rise, then grasped his arm.
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading The negro, startled into a consciousness of his presence, stared at him wildly.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "No, no, not your God, massa!
Chapter 10 of Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 401 sentences of Cudjo's Cave, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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