Chapter 8 of Doctor Luke of the Labrador is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Doctor Luke of the Labrador is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I crawled out of a shallow pool of water. "Bessie!" I screamed. "Oh, Bessie, where is you?" The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
Chapter 8 of Doctor Luke of the Labrador is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “crawl” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.”
superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading “The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.”
gradually decreasing until little remains
From this reading “The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.”
arrange in a container
From this reading “The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.”
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading “I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.”
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “I screamed.”
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading “I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.”
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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 I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Bessie!"
past form of “crawl” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.
superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
gradually decreasing until little remains
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, Bessie, where is you?"
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Bessie, where is you?"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.
arrange in a container
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I screamed.
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The noise of the pack passed into distance--dwindling to deepest silence.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading I crawled out of a shallow pool of water.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Oh, Bessie, where is you?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, Bessie, where is you?"
Chapter 8 of Doctor Luke of the Labrador by Norman Duncan holds 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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 8 holds 446 sentences of Doctor Luke of the Labrador, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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