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Lightfoot the Deer

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Lightfoot the Deer is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.
He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Lightfoot the Deer

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Lightfoot the Deer is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/7 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.
Line 2
He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.
/hiː sɔː ðem ˈmeni taɪmz ðoʊ nɑːt wʌn ʌv ðem sɔː hɪm/
Line 3
More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.
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But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.
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He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.
/hiː wɑːz ˈɡroʊɪŋ θɪn ənd hiː wɑːz soʊ ˈnɜːrvəs ðæt ðə ˈfɑːlɪŋ ʌv ə ded liːf frʌm ə triː wʊd ˈstɑːrtəl hɪm/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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Deer noun US /dɪr/

distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

From this reading “Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.”

hunter noun US /ˈhʌntər/

someone who hunts game

From this reading “More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.”

hunters noun US /ˈhʌntərz/

plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game

From this reading “Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.”

leaf noun US /liːf/

the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

From this reading “He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.”

seeking noun US /ˈsiːkɪŋ/

the act of searching for something

From this reading “Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.”

startle verb US /ˈstɑːrtəl/

to stimulate to action

From this reading “He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.”

strain noun US /streɪn/

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading “But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.”

suspecting verb US /səˈspektɪŋ/

-ing form of “suspect” — imagine to be the case or true or probable

From this reading “More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.”

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Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.

closeadjectiveUS /kloʊs/

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

DaynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

deadadjectiveUS /ded/

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

DeernounUS /dɪr/

distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

fallingadjectiveUS /ˈfɑːlɪŋ/

decreasing in amount or degree

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

feelingnounUS /ˈfiːlɪŋ/

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

growingnounUS /ˈɡroʊɪŋ/

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

hideverbUS /haɪd/

prevent from being seen or discovered

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

hiding-place

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

hunternounUS /ˈhʌntər/

someone who hunts game

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

huntersnounUS /ˈhʌntərz/

plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

killverbUS /kɪl/

cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

leafnounUS /liːf/

the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

Lightfoot

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

Lightfoot's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

MoreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

nervousadjectiveUS /ˈnɜːrvəs/

easily agitated

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

onceadverbUS /wʌns/

on one occasion

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

passedverbUS /pæst/

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

playedadjectiveUS /pleɪd/

(of games) engaged in

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

pooradjectiveUS /puːr/

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.

sawverbUS /sɔː/

cut with a saw

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

seekverbUS /siːk/

try to get or reach

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

seekingnounUS /ˈsiːkɪŋ/

the act of searching for something

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

startleverbUS /ˈstɑːrtəl/

to stimulate to action

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

strainnounUS /streɪn/

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.

suspectingverbUS /səˈspektɪŋ/

-ing form of “suspect” — imagine to be the case or true or probable

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

timesnounUS /taɪmz/

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading He saw them many times, though not one of them saw him.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

treenounUS /triː/

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once suspecting it.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading He was growing thin, and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him.

Chapter 19 of Lightfoot the Deer by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 36 sentences, grouped into 8 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

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Chapter 19 holds 36 sentences of Lightfoot the Deer, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 of Lightfoot the Deer by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 36 sentences, grouped into 8 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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Peter
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