Chapter 4 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly. “My God! It’s White Arrow!” XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison. The old warmth was absent.
Chapter 4 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/89 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
not being in a specified place
From this reading “The old warmth was absent.”
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “It’s White Arrow!””
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading “XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.”
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading “XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.”
a boy or man
From this reading “XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.”
detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
From this reading “XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.”
the sensation caused by heat energy
From this reading “The old warmth was absent.”
in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree
From this reading ““Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.”
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 “XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.”
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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 XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
not being in a specified place
From this reading The old warmth was absent.
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading It’s White Arrow!”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
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 “My God!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s White Arrow!”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.
a boy or man
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My God!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old warmth was absent.
detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
at once
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
the sensation caused by heat energy
From this reading The old warmth was absent.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The old warmth was absent.
in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree
From this reading “Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.
a Caucasian
From this reading It’s White Arrow!”
the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
From this reading XIV Straightway the lad sensed a curious change in the attitude of the garrison.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Don’t you know me, Dave?” he asked weakly.
Chapter 4 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer by John, Jr. Fox holds 449 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 4 holds 449 sentences of Erskine Dale—Pioneer, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer by John, Jr. Fox exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 449 sentences, grouped into 90 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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