Chapter 4 of Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
8. The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times. 9. When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once. 10.
Chapter 4 of Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.”
having a broad or rounded end
From this reading “The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.”
plural of “kill” — the act of terminating a life
From this reading “When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.”
a full supply
From this reading “The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.”
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
From this reading “The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.”
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading “When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.”
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From this reading 10.
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From this reading 8.
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From this reading 9.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
(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 The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
exhale hard
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
having a broad or rounded end
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
terminate
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
plural of “kill” — the act of terminating a life
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
the force of workers available
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
on one occasion
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
a full supply
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
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From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
carry out
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
the act of using
From this reading The quills easily break off at their blunt end, and they grow like the hair; so the porcupine has a plenty for use at all times.
look attentively
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
at the time that
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When men hunt the porcupine, they take care not to get a blow from the tail, and then they watch their chance, and strike the animal on the nose with a club, which kills it at once.
Chapter 4 of Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other by James Johonnot holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 430 sentences of Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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