Chapter XVIII of Running Fox, “The Iroquois Blunder into a Trap,” is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XVIII
Chapter XVIII of Running Fox, “The Iroquois Blunder into a Trap,” is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village. Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion. “Running Fox has come! Running Fox has come!” cried the Delawares. The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.
Chapter XVIII of Running Fox, “The Iroquois Blunder into a Trap,” is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading “Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.”
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading “Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.”
a disorderly outburst or tumult
From this reading “Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.”
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading “The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.”
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
From this reading “Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.”
the boundary of a surface
From this reading “The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.”
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading ““Running Fox has come!”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.”
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.
In this reading “Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.”
In this reading “Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.”
In this reading “Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.”
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 Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
From this reading Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Running Fox has come!
a disorderly outburst or tumult
From this reading Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Running Fox has come!” cried the Delawares.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
From this reading Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Running Fox has come!” cried the Delawares.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “Running Fox has come!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Running Fox has come!
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.
information about recent and important events
From this reading The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading “Running Fox has come!
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Two days later the lads reached the Delaware village.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The news brought a great crowd to the edge of the water.
Chapter 18 of Running Fox by Elmer Russell Gregor holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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 18 holds 224 sentences of Running Fox, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Running Fox by Elmer Russell Gregor exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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.
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