Chapter 15 of Hidden Gold is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Hidden Gold is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FIRST CLEW "Let's see!" Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water. "Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?" "I think it was over there." She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
Chapter 15 of Hidden Gold is here in full — 361 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.”
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading “Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.”
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading “She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.”
modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950)
From this reading “"Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"”
having a point
From this reading “She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.”
past form of “rein” — control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading “Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “"Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"”
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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 She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW "Let's see!"
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW "Let's see!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I think it was over there."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I think it was over there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950)
From this reading "Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW "Let's see!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
above and across; more than
From this reading "I think it was over there."
having a point
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
whip with a leather thong at the end
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
past form of “rein” — control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW "Let's see!"
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading "Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"
in or at or to some place
From this reading "Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST CLEW "Let's see!"
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "I think it was over there."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "I think it was over there."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jensen was shot around here somewhere, wasn't he?"
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
at the time that
From this reading Trowbridge reined in his horse and meditated, when he and Dorothy had covered several miles of their ride back to Crawling Water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She pointed with her quirt in the direction of a distant clump of jack-pines.
Chapter 15 of Hidden Gold by Wilder Anthony holds 361 sentences, grouped into 73 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 361 sentences of Hidden Gold, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
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