Chapter 12 of Northern Diamonds is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Northern Diamonds is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Black foxes!" cried Fred. "Mac, give me the glass!" "Black, all right," Macgregor said. "Four of them, black as jet. See the fur shine!
Chapter 12 of Northern Diamonds is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading “"Four of them, black as jet.”
plural of “fox” — alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “"Black foxes!" cried Fred.”
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading “See the fur shine!”
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading “"Mac, give me the glass!"”
an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
From this reading “"Four of them, black as jet.”
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading “"Mac, give me the glass!"”
Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)
From this reading “"Black, all right," Macgregor said.”
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading “See the fur shine!”
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.
red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black
In this reading “"Black foxes!" cried Fred.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 "Black, all right," Macgregor said.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Four of them, black as jet.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading "Black foxes!" cried Fred.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Black foxes!" cried Fred.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading "Four of them, black as jet.
plural of “fox” — alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading "Black foxes!" cried Fred.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Black foxes!" cried Fred.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading See the fur shine!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Mac, give me the glass!"
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading "Mac, give me the glass!"
an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
From this reading "Four of them, black as jet.
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading "Mac, give me the glass!"
Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)
From this reading "Black, all right," Macgregor said.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Mac, give me the glass!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Four of them, black as jet.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Black, all right," Macgregor said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Black, all right," Macgregor said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See the fur shine!
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading See the fur shine!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Mac, give me the glass!"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Four of them, black as jet.
Chapter 12 of Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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 12 holds 195 sentences of Northern Diamonds, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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.
Work through the 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 283 minutes of reading across 682 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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