Chapter 13 of Love of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Love of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"At Dawson comes the man. Which way he come I do not know. Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot. His hands are soft, just like hers. He never do hard work.
Chapter 13 of Love of Life, and Other Stories is here in full — 237 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot.”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “"At Dawson comes the man.”
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading “"At Dawson comes the man.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “His hands are soft, just like hers.”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “He never do hard work.”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “His hands are soft, just like hers.”
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading “His hands are soft, just like hers.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “He never do hard work.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His hands are soft, just like hers.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At Dawson comes the man.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Which way he come I do not know.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading "At Dawson comes the man.
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading "At Dawson comes the man.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Which way he come I do not know.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading His hands are soft, just like hers.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading He never do hard work.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Which way he come I do not know.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading His hands are soft, just like hers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His hands are soft, just like hers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Which way he come I do not know.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot.
and nothing more
From this reading His hands are soft, just like hers.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Which way he come I do not know.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading His hands are soft, just like hers.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "At Dawson comes the man.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He never do hard work.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Which way he come I do not know.
and nothing more
From this reading Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading His hands are soft, just like hers.
an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
From this reading Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "At Dawson comes the man.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Which way he come I do not know.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Which way he come I do not know.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading He never do hard work.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Only do I know he is _checha-quo_--what you call tenderfoot.
Chapter 13 of Love of Life, and Other Stories by Jack London holds 237 sentences, grouped into 48 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.
Chapter 13 holds 237 sentences of Love of Life, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Love of Life, and Other Stories by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 237 sentences, grouped into 48 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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