Chapter 18 of Gold Hunting in Alaska is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Gold Hunting in Alaska is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Feb. 24. Friday. 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes. I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
Chapter 18 of Gold Hunting in Alaska is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the boundary of a surface
From this reading “I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.”
in a manner or to an extent that is well known
From this reading “I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.”
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading “Feb.”
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading “Friday.”
with the head foremost
From this reading “I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.”
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading “9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.”
a particular situation
From this reading “I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.”
plural of “snowshoe” — a device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot
From this reading “9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.”
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In this reading “I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.”
In this reading “9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.”
proceed or get along
In this reading “I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.”
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From this reading 24.
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From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
in a manner or to an extent that is well known
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading Feb.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
From this reading Friday.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
with the head foremost
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
a particular situation
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
plural of “snowshoe” — a device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
up to a particular time
From this reading I got along famously until I struck a soft snowdrift, and the shoes turned on edge and I fell headlong.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading 9 p. m.--I went hunting for the first time on snowshoes.
Chapter 18 of Gold Hunting in Alaska by Joseph Grinnell holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
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