Chapter 3 of In Touch with Nature is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of In Touch with Nature is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"`Mercy, mercy!' cried the wolf. `O! give me back my innocence. Be my Conscience once again.' "`Too late!' "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
Chapter 3 of In Touch with Nature is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
From this reading “"And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.”
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “"And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.”
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading “Be my Conscience once again.'”
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “"And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.”
the quality of innocent naivete
From this reading “`O! give me back my innocence.”
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading “"`Mercy, mercy!' cried the wolf.”
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading “"And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.”
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “"`Mercy, mercy!' cried the wolf.”
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Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
In this reading “"And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.”
In this reading “"`Too late!'”
In this reading “"And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.”
bypass
In this reading “"And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.”
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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 "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
anew
From this reading Be my Conscience once again.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading `O! give me back my innocence.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be my Conscience once again.'
Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
From this reading Be my Conscience once again.'
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "`Mercy, mercy!' cried the wolf.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading `O! give me back my innocence.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
the quality of innocent naivete
From this reading `O! give me back my innocence.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading "`Too late!'
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading `O! give me back my innocence.
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading "`Mercy, mercy!' cried the wolf.
a particular point in time
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading `O! give me back my innocence.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading `O! give me back my innocence.
on one occasion
From this reading Be my Conscience once again.'
above and across; more than
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "`Mercy, mercy!' cried the wolf.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "`Too late!'
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading "`Mercy, mercy!' cried the wolf.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And now a cloud passed over and hid the moon, and next moment, had you looked, neither wolf nor wild boar would you have seen.
Chapter 3 of In Touch with Nature by Gordon Stables holds 442 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 3 holds 442 sentences of In Touch with Nature, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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