Chapter 9 of Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GORILLA HUNT. AFTER many hours the hunters return. They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done. Mpuke's father is the story-teller. The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
Chapter 9 of Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.”
largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
From this reading “THE GORILLA HUNT.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “THE GORILLA HUNT.”
plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game
From this reading “AFTER many hours the hunters return.”
plural of “listener” — someone who listens attentively
From this reading “The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.”
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading “The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.”
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In this reading “AFTER many hours the hunters return.”
In this reading “They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.”
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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 They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
later than; following
From this reading AFTER many hours the hunters return.
(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 The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Mpuke's father is the story-teller.
largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
From this reading THE GORILLA HUNT.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading AFTER many hours the hunters return.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading THE GORILLA HUNT.
plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game
From this reading AFTER many hours the hunters return.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mpuke's father is the story-teller.
plural of “listener” — someone who listens attentively
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading AFTER many hours the hunters return.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mpuke's father is the story-teller.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading AFTER many hours the hunters return.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
not in physical motion
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mpuke's father is the story-teller.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
express in words
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GORILLA HUNT.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
in the direction of
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
precisely as stated
From this reading The black faces of the listeners are very still, and all eyes are turned toward him as he speaks.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading They have a wonderful tale to tell of what they have seen and done.
Chapter 9 of Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade holds 59 sentences, grouped into 12 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 9 holds 59 sentences of Mpuke, Our Little African Cousin, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
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