Chapter 9 of Northwest! is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Northwest! is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret. Jardine nodded meaningly. "I've thought aboot Bob! The warden was after him and he lit oot. There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
Chapter 9 of Northwest! is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading “"_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “"_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “"_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.”
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
From this reading “"_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.”
provided with artificial light
From this reading “The warden was after him and he lit oot.”
be a mystery or bewildering to
From this reading “There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"”
The chief official or governor in charge of a prison institution.
From this reading “The warden was after him and he lit oot.”
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In this reading “"_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.”
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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 "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've thought aboot Bob!
later than; following
From this reading The warden was after him and he lit oot.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The warden was after him and he lit oot.
cause to move by striking
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I've thought aboot Bob!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jardine nodded meaningly.
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
provided with artificial light
From this reading The warden was after him and he lit oot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jardine nodded meaningly.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Jardine nodded meaningly.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The warden was after him and he lit oot.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
be a mystery or bewildering to
From this reading There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The warden was after him and he lit oot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I've thought aboot Bob!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading There's the puzzle for the police; three o' the party quit!"
The chief official or governor in charge of a prison institution.
From this reading The warden was after him and he lit oot.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The warden was after him and he lit oot.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "_Bob_ would not get excited and he can hit a jumping deer," said Margaret.
Chapter 9 of Northwest! by Harold Bindloss holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 404 sentences of Northwest!, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Northwest! by Harold Bindloss exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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