Chapter 11 of Mark Tidd in the Backwoods is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 11 of Mark Tidd in the Backwoods is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We needed a good rest, so we took one. I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all. He can always eat and sleep. We had been up a long time. It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
Chapter 11 of Mark Tidd in the Backwoods is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take in solid food
From this reading “He can always eat and sleep.”
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading “It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.”
French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
From this reading “It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.”
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading “We needed a good rest, so we took one.”
the middle of the day
From this reading “It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.”
move through by or as by digging
From this reading “It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.”
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.
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In this reading “It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.”
a prolonged period of time
In this reading “We had been up a long time.”
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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 We needed a good rest, so we took one.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
in the past
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading He can always eat and sleep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He can always eat and sleep.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We had been up a long time.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading He can always eat and sleep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
take in solid food
From this reading He can always eat and sleep.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
set up or found
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading We needed a good rest, so we took one.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had been up a long time.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He can always eat and sleep.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
and nothing more
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
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 We had been up a long time.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading We needed a good rest, so we took one.
not any; not one
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
the middle of the day
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We needed a good rest, so we took one.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading We needed a good rest, so we took one.
Identical; not different.
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We needed a good rest, so we took one.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading We had been up a long time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading We needed a good rest, so we took one.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
a source of difficulty
From this reading I couldn’t get to sleep, but Mark found no trouble about it at all.
move through by or as by digging
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We had been up a long time.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seemed days ago we escaped through the tunnel and began the trip down the Père Marquette, but it was that same morning, and now it was just past noon.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We needed a good rest, so we took one.
Chapter 11 of Mark Tidd in the Backwoods by Clarence Budington Kelland holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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.
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