Chapter 18 of Louisiana is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Louisiana is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"HE KNEW THAT I LOVED YOU." It was almost dark when the buggy returned. As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something. "Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked. "'Taint no critter from round yere.
Chapter 18 of Louisiana is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.”
a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
From this reading “It was almost dark when the buggy returned.”
a regional term for “creature” (especially for domestic animals)
From this reading “"Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.”
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading “As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.”
enclose with a fence
From this reading “"Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.”
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading “As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.”
past form of “hitch” — to hook or entangle
From this reading “"Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.”
the state of being contaminated
From this reading “"'Taint no critter from round yere.”
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take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It was almost dark when the buggy returned.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
From this reading It was almost dark when the buggy returned.
a regional term for “creature” (especially for domestic animals)
From this reading "Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading It was almost dark when the buggy returned.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
enclose with a fence
From this reading "Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "'Taint no critter from round yere.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "HE KNEW THAT I LOVED YOU."
past form of “hitch” — to hook or entangle
From this reading "Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "HE KNEW THAT I LOVED YOU."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was almost dark when the buggy returned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "HE KNEW THAT I LOVED YOU."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
held dear
From this reading "HE KNEW THAT I LOVED YOU."
not any; not one
From this reading "'Taint no critter from round yere.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading "Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading It was almost dark when the buggy returned.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading "'Taint no critter from round yere.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
the state of being contaminated
From this reading "'Taint no critter from round yere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Thar's a critter hitched to the fence," he remarked.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "HE KNEW THAT I LOVED YOU."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was almost dark when the buggy returned.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading As Jake drove up to the gate he bent forward to look at something.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was almost dark when the buggy returned.
at the time that
From this reading It was almost dark when the buggy returned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Taint no critter from round yere.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "HE KNEW THAT I LOVED YOU."
Chapter 18 of Louisiana by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 92 sentences, grouped into 19 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 18 holds 92 sentences of Louisiana, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Louisiana by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 92 sentences, grouped into 19 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.
Work through the 19 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 19 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 18 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Louisiana, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
