Chapter 14 of Cudjo's Cave is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Cudjo's Cave is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Thus instructed, Carl led the way. He did not speak, and he did not dodge. One circumstance overjoyed him. He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot. Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?
Chapter 14 of Cudjo's Cave is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 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.
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
From this reading “One circumstance overjoyed him.”
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
From this reading “He did not speak, and he did not dodge.”
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading “He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.”
past form of “instruct” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading “Thus instructed, Carl led the way.”
Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
From this reading “Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?”
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
From this reading “He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.”
extremely joyful
From this reading “One circumstance overjoyed him.”
plural of “sign” — a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading “He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.”
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 “He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.”
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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 He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He did not speak, and he did not dodge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thus instructed, Carl led the way.
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
From this reading One circumstance overjoyed him.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not speak, and he did not dodge.
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
From this reading He did not speak, and he did not dodge.
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
the act of departing
From this reading Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not speak, and he did not dodge.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One circumstance overjoyed him.
past form of “instruct” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading Thus instructed, Carl led the way.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Thus instructed, Carl led the way.
Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
From this reading Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
From this reading He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?
not any; not one
From this reading He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not speak, and he did not dodge.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One circumstance overjoyed him.
extremely joyful
From this reading One circumstance overjoyed him.
cut with a saw
From this reading He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
plural of “sign” — a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading He saw no signs of a military expedition on foot.
express in speech
From this reading He did not speak, and he did not dodge.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thus instructed, Carl led the way.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus instructed, Carl led the way.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Thus instructed, Carl led the way.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Was Lysander going alone with him to the mountains?
Chapter 14 of Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 14 holds 422 sentences of Cudjo's Cave, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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