Chapter 14 of Pelican Pool: A Novel is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Pelican Pool: A Novel is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak. "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever. A good thing if we could! I am over the first sharpness. Don't choose your words.
Chapter 14 of Pelican Pool: A Novel is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “Don't choose your words.”
cause to stop
From this reading “THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “"Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.”
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading “THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.”
a quick and penetrating intelligence
From this reading “I am over the first sharpness.”
express in speech
From this reading “THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.”
a special situation
From this reading “A good thing if we could!”
the words that are spoken
From this reading “Don't choose your words.”
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In this reading “A good thing if we could!”
In this reading “"Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.”
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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 A good thing if we could!
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am over the first sharpness.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading Don't choose your words.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A good thing if we could!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't choose your words.
at any time
From this reading "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A good thing if we could!
cause to stop
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am over the first sharpness.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading A good thing if we could!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.
above and across; more than
From this reading I am over the first sharpness.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
a quick and penetrating intelligence
From this reading I am over the first sharpness.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
express in speech
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
a special situation
From this reading A good thing if we could!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HALT BY THE ROAD She was the first to speak.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Jim, we can't ride like this for ever.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Don't choose your words.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don't choose your words.
Chapter 14 of Pelican Pool: A Novel by Sydney Loch holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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 14 holds 88 sentences of Pelican Pool: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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