Chapter XII of Johnny Longbow, “The Great Banshee,” is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter XII of Johnny Longbow, “The Great Banshee,” is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse. A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view. They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river. That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself. What if the map were wrong?
Chapter XII of Johnny Longbow, “The Great Banshee,” is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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navigational instrument for finding directions
From this reading “They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.”
a wide scope
From this reading “Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.”
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading “They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.”
past form of “march” — march in a procession
From this reading “Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.”
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading “They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.”
a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
From this reading “A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.”
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 “Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.”
In this reading “A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.”
In this reading “Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.”
In this reading “A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.”
In this reading “They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.”
In this reading “They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.”
In this reading “They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
a youthful male person
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
navigational instrument for finding directions
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
a wide scope
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
set up or found
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
inflected form of “hide” — prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What if the map were wrong?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
past form of “march” — march in a procession
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
above and across; more than
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading They traveled by the compass and the ancient map Johnny had found in the cabin by the river.
a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading A fog, hanging low over the tundra, hid all but a narrow circle from view.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That it was a long chance the boy admitted to himself.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What if the map were wrong?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What if the map were wrong?
a Caucasian
From this reading Next day they marched straight away over the white expanse.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading What if the map were wrong?
Chapter 12 of Johnny Longbow by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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 12 holds 165 sentences of Johnny Longbow, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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