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Chapter 11 of Northwest! is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Very well! You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations. I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana." "That was Stannard's plan." Peter smiled scornfully.
Chapter 11 of Northwest! is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.”
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
From this reading “I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."”
plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land
From this reading “I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."”
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading “You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.”
come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading “I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."”
(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary
From this reading “You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.”
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading “You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.”
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.
lower (one's body) as by kneeling
In this reading “You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
for the reason that
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
the act of departing
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."
most important element
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
engage in
From this reading I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
From this reading I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading Peter smiled scornfully.
plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land
From this reading I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading "That was Stannard's plan."
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
without respect; in a disdainful manner
From this reading Peter smiled scornfully.
come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Peter smiled scornfully.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That was Stannard's plan."
(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That was Stannard's plan."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading I'd make for the plains and then shove south for Montana."
in or at that place or location
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very well!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That was Stannard's plan."
look attentively
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Very well!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can't get down the main track to the coast, because the police will reckon on your going there and watch the stations.
Chapter 11 of Northwest! by Harold Bindloss holds 406 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 11 holds 406 sentences of Northwest!, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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