Chapter 11 of Rainbow Landing: An Adventure Story is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Rainbow Landing: An Adventure Story is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards. “Know him! I reckon so! I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.” The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
Chapter 11 of Rainbow Landing: An Adventure Story is here in full — 282 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
From this reading “The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.””
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.””
the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading “The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.”
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
From this reading “THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.”
plural of “pine” — a coniferous tree
From this reading “The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.”
clean with hard rubbing
From this reading “The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.”
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
From this reading “The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.”
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.
any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets
In this reading “The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.”
In this reading “THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.”
In this reading “THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.”
In this reading “I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
later than; following
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
anew
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
(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 I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
a young female
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Know him!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I reckon so!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
plural of “pine” — a coniferous tree
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I reckon so!
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
clean with hard rubbing
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I’ve always known him, I think, and I’ve dreaded and hated that man all my life.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
a message informing of danger
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The trail ended suddenly at a cut-over slash, growing up again with bushy small pines and scrub oak.
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 WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE WARNING “So you know Blue Bob,” he remarked, overtaking the girl after some fifty yards.
Chapter 11 of Rainbow Landing: An Adventure Story by Frank Lillie Pollock holds 282 sentences, grouped into 57 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 282 sentences of Rainbow Landing: An Adventure Story, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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