Chapter 4 of Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The inevitable happened. Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day. Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him. As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles. At the same time Barnacles inspected the Captain.
Chapter 4 of Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “barnacle” — marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
From this reading “Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.”
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading “Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.”
for this reason
From this reading “Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.”
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading “The inevitable happened.”
past form of “inspect” — look over carefully
From this reading “At the same time Barnacles inspected the Captain.”
third-person singular of “inspect” — look over carefully
From this reading “As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.”
the act of beginning something new
From this reading “Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.”
not known or well known
From this reading “As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.”
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 Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
plural of “barnacle” — marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
in a daze; in a dazed manner
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading The inevitable happened.
for this reason
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
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From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
incapable of being avoided or prevented
From this reading The inevitable happened.
past form of “inspect” — look over carefully
From this reading At the same time Barnacles inspected the Captain.
third-person singular of “inspect” — look over carefully
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
the act of beginning something new
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
Identical; not different.
From this reading At the same time Barnacles inspected the Captain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The inevitable happened.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading At the same time Barnacles inspected the Captain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Captain Bean promised to buy a horse next day.
not known or well known
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading Hence his visit to Jed Holden and his introduction to Barnacles, as the Captain immediately named him.
which person or people
From this reading As one who inspects an unfamiliar object, Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles.
Chapter 4 of Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Sewell Ford holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 441 sentences of Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Sewell Ford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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