Chapter 4 of Incredible Adventures is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Incredible Adventures is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself. ‘What in the world----?’ ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again. ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet. Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
Chapter 4 of Incredible Adventures is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading “‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.”
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
From this reading “Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’”
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading “‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.”
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading “‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.”
an act of economizing; reduction in cost
From this reading “‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.”
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading “Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’”
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘What in the world----?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
an act of economizing; reduction in cost
From this reading ‘Fool!’ cried Hendricks, saving himself.
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘What in the world----?’
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘What in the world----?’
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading ‘It’s the wind, not me; it’s in our feet.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading ‘What in the world----?’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘_You_ called,’ laughed Bindy, picking himself up and dropping back to his place in the rear again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Half the time you’re shouting and jumping yourself!’
Chapter 4 of Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 398 sentences of Incredible Adventures, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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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