Chapter 13 of Northwest! is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of Northwest! is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack. "Well, let's get going!" The light was not yet good. Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped. The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
Chapter 13 of Northwest! is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
From this reading “Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.”
a path over which electrical signals can pass
From this reading “The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.”
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading “Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.”
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading “Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.”
arrange in a container
From this reading “Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.”
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
From this reading “Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.”
past form of “react” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading “Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.”
not moving or operating freely
From this reading “Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.”
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.
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In this reading “Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.”
In this reading “The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.”
put clothing on one's body
In this reading “Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.
a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland
From this reading Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
a path over which electrical signals can pass
From this reading The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Well, let's get going!"
the act of departing
From this reading "Well, let's get going!"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The light was not yet good.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
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From this reading "Well, let's get going!"
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The light was not yet good.
plural of “muscle” — one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
easily agitated
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The light was not yet good.
held or filled or in use
From this reading The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.
arrange in a container
From this reading Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.
by chance
From this reading The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
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 ate the bannock and put on his pack.
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.
past form of “react” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
not moving or operating freely
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Peter ate the bannock and put on his pack.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The light was not yet good.
(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 "Well, let's get going!"
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their muscles were stiff, physical fatigue reacted on their nervous strength, and at the belt of snow they stopped.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading The belt was perhaps ten yards across and occupied a channel in the rocks.
but in spite of that
From this reading The light was not yet good.
Chapter 13 of Northwest! by Harold Bindloss holds 401 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 13 holds 401 sentences of Northwest!, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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