Chapter 11 of Down the Ravine is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Down the Ravine is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire? It began to give off sulphurous fumes. And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke! The sulphurous odor grew stronger. Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
Chapter 11 of Down the Ravine is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading “And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!”
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
From this reading “It began to give off sulphurous fumes.”
reflecting light
From this reading “Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?”
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
From this reading “Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?”
possessive form of “nates” — the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!”
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading “The sulphurous odor grew stronger.”
a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
From this reading “Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.”
perceive by inhaling through the nose
From this reading “Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.”
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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 Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
(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 And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading It began to give off sulphurous fumes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
divisible by two
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
From this reading It began to give off sulphurous fumes.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading It began to give off sulphurous fumes.
reflecting light
From this reading Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading The sulphurous odor grew stronger.
obtained illegally or by improper means
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It began to give off sulphurous fumes.
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
From this reading Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
possessive form of “nates” — the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading The sulphurous odor grew stronger.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It began to give off sulphurous fumes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
perceive by inhaling through the nose
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
comparative of “strong” — having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading The sulphurous odor grew stronger.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
From this reading It began to give off sulphurous fumes.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It began to give off sulphurous fumes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Towse stopped short, and gazed at the shovel with a reprehensive sniff.
plural of “vision” — a vivid mental image
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
in the company of; together with
From this reading And drifting away with them were all Birt's golden visions and Nate's ill-gotten wealth--ending in smoke!
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Suddenly--was the glistening yellow mineral taking fire?
Chapter 11 of Down the Ravine by Charles Egbert Craddock holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 11 holds 149 sentences of Down the Ravine, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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