Chapter 17 of Legacy is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Legacy is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth. It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her. "Quiiii-LLAN!" * * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp. Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.
Chapter 17 of Legacy is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading “Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.”
the display of a motion picture
From this reading “The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.”
the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
From this reading “It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.”
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading “It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.”
in a swift manner
From this reading “It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.”
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading “The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “* * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp.”
put in motion or move to act
From this reading “Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.”
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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 Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.
at or in the front
From this reading Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading * * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading * * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading * * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
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 The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
above and across; more than
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Quiiii-LLAN!"
the display of a motion picture
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
in a swift manner
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading * * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading * * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp.
in the direction of
From this reading It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading * * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp.
put in motion or move to act
From this reading Trigger walked a few steps ahead, her back very straight.
precisely as stated
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading * * * * * They walked back along the trail to camp.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
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 It came skimming swiftly over the surface of the water toward her.
a Caucasian
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading The three-foot mouth was wide open, showing very long thin white teeth.
Chapter 17 of Legacy by James H. Schmitz holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 17 holds 419 sentences of Legacy, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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