Chapter 10 of Love of the Wild is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Love of the Wild is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Colonel Hallibut “Jno. T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.” This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards. It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect. This was Bridgetown.
Chapter 10 of Love of the Wild is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading “T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.””
capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados
From this reading “This was Bridgetown.”
a person who buys
From this reading “T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.””
past form of “complain” — express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading “This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.”
past form of “creak” — make a high-pitched, screeching noise
From this reading “This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.”
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
From this reading “This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.”
plural of “fur” — the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading “T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.””
someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
From this reading “T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.””
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.
being ten more than one hundred ninety
In this reading “It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.”
In this reading “It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.”
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 This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
a distinct feature or element in a problem
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
(used in the plural) the stage of a theater
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados
From this reading This was Bridgetown.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
a person who buys
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading Colonel Hallibut “Jno.
past form of “complain” — express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
past form of “creak” — make a high-pitched, screeching noise
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
plural of “fur” — the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
depressingly dark
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Colonel Hallibut “Jno.
ten 10s
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Colonel Hallibut “Jno.
and nothing more
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
a stock or supply of foods
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading T. Smythe; Seller of guns, ammunition, and provisions; Buyer of furs and game.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This sign creaked and complained against a dingy little building of unplaned boards.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was gray and forsaken-looking, being one of about two hundred others just like it, of gloomy and sullen aspect.
Chapter 10 of Love of the Wild by Archie P. McKishnie holds 249 sentences, grouped into 50 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 10 holds 249 sentences of Love of the Wild, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
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