Chapter 10 of Mountain: A Novel is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Mountain: A Novel is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The isolation frequently overcame her. Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line. "You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried. "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?... You got a good job."
Chapter 10 of Mountain: A Novel is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
From this reading “Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.”
a state of separation between persons or groups
From this reading “The isolation frequently overcame her.”
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
From this reading “Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.”
inflected form of “overcome” — win a victory over
From this reading “The isolation frequently overcame her.”
somewhat ill or prone to illness
From this reading “"You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried.”
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading “"Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...”
marked by great carelessness
From this reading “Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.”
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading “"You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried.”
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be restored
In this reading “"Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...”
In this reading “You got a good job."”
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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 Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried.
many times at short intervals
From this reading The isolation frequently overcame her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried.
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading You got a good job."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You got a good job."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The isolation frequently overcame her.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
a state of separation between persons or groups
From this reading The isolation frequently overcame her.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading You got a good job."
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
inflected form of “overcome” — win a victory over
From this reading The isolation frequently overcame her.
somewhat ill or prone to illness
From this reading "You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried.
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
be seated
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
marked by great carelessness
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading "You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried.
the words of something written
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The isolation frequently overcame her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
(usually followed by “to”) not having the necessary means or skill or know-how
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
at the time that
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
From this reading "You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Nauseated by the glut of the slipshod home living, she would pull open one of her text books ... often to sit and cry, unable to read a line.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Huc-come you ain't so pert as when you come back?...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're gettin' peaked, Diany," Stella worried.
Chapter 10 of Mountain: A Novel by Clement Wood holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 407 sentences of Mountain: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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