Chapter 10 of On the Track is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 10 of On the Track is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Here's another. Do you remember----? Do you remember----?” Oh, it all comes back again like a flash. Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
Chapter 10 of On the Track is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.”
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading “Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.”
a person of subnormal intelligence
From this reading “Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Do you remember----?”
male cat
From this reading “Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.”
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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 Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
anew
From this reading Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
(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 Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “Here's another.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you remember----?
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here's another.
a person of subnormal intelligence
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
and nothing more
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, it all comes back again like a flash.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Do you remember----?
Identical; not different.
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
male cat
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tom hasn't changed a bit; just the same good-hearted, jolly idiot he always was.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you remember----?
Chapter 10 of On the Track by Henry Lawson holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 10 holds 177 sentences of On the Track, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of On the Track by Henry Lawson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in On the Track, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
