Chapter 3 of Hawk's Nest is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Hawk's Nest is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks. I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest. There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks. The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents. They were dressed in hunter style.
Chapter 3 of Hawk's Nest is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading “Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.”
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
From this reading “The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.”
-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.”
the northwestern region of the United States
From this reading “The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.”
plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading
From this reading “I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.”
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading “There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.”
the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
From this reading “There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.”
plural of “torrent” — a heavy rain
From this reading “The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.”
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In this reading “There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.”
In this reading “The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.”
In this reading “The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.”
In this reading “The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading They were dressed in hunter style.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.
someone who hunts game
From this reading They were dressed in hunter style.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.
the force of workers available
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.
the northwestern region of the United States
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
on the contrary
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading
From this reading I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading They were dressed in hunter style.
carry out
From this reading I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.
the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were dressed in hunter style.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I now take my readers to Hawk’s Nest.
male cat
From this reading Tom and Drake at the Lifting Rocks.
plural of “torrent” — a heavy rain
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were dressed in hunter style.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The wind blew a gale from the northwest and the rain fell in torrents.
but in spite of that
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading There sets, or rather lay, two young men, not yet out of their teens, under one of the Lifting Rocks.
Chapter 3 of Hawk's Nest by James M. (James Martin) Allerton holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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 3 holds 166 sentences of Hawk's Nest, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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