Chapter 15 of Hidden Creek is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Hidden Creek is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl! Get out of that, you Fox! Dern you! You call that pulling? It's my notion of layin' off for the day."
Chapter 15 of Hidden Creek is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
From this reading “THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!”
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “Get out of that, you Fox!”
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
From this reading “THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!”
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading “THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!”
relating to or characteristic of professors
From this reading “THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!”
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading “You call that pulling?”
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
From this reading “THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!”
British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925)
From this reading “THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!”
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 HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading You call that pulling?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It's my notion of layin' off for the day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dern you!
like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It's my notion of layin' off for the day."
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading Get out of that, you Fox!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get out of that, you Fox!
a young female
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's my notion of layin' off for the day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's my notion of layin' off for the day."
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It's my notion of layin' off for the day."
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading It's my notion of layin' off for the day."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Get out of that, you Fox!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It's my notion of layin' off for the day."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Get out of that, you Fox!
relating to or characteristic of professors
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading You call that pulling?
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Get out of that, you Fox!
British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925)
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE HILL Thatcher spoke to his horses, now fatherly, now masterly, now with a professorial sarcasm: "Come on, Monkey, there's a good girl!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Get out of that, you Fox!
Chapter 15 of Hidden Creek by Katharine Newlin Burt holds 214 sentences, grouped into 43 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 15 holds 214 sentences of Hidden Creek, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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