Chapter 17 of Snowdrift is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Snowdrift is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl. "I'll make a strike before spring! I've got to! Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married. No--we'll go on through and be married at the Reeves'!
Chapter 17 of Snowdrift is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading “CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.”
plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.”
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading “Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.”
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading “Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.”
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading “Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.”
plural of “reeve” — female ruff
From this reading “No--we'll go on through and be married at the Reeves'!”
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading “"I'll make a strike before spring!”
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.”
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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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “No--we'll go on through and be married at the Reeves'!”
In this reading “Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.”
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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 CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I'll make a strike before spring!
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading No--we'll go on through and be married at the Reeves'!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I've got to!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
cause to move by striking
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll make a strike before spring!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've got to!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
engage in
From this reading "I'll make a strike before spring!
joined in matrimony
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
not any; not one
From this reading No--we'll go on through and be married at the Reeves'!
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading No--we'll go on through and be married at the Reeves'!
plural of “reeve” — female ruff
From this reading No--we'll go on through and be married at the Reeves'!
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
the season of growth
From this reading "I'll make a strike before spring!
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading "I'll make a strike before spring!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading No--we'll go on through and be married at the Reeves'!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then we'll hit for Dawson, and we'll stop at Fort Norman and be married.
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
in the company of; together with
From this reading CONFESSIONS Brent returned to the cabin with his brain in a whirl.
Chapter 17 of Snowdrift by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx holds 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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 17 holds 264 sentences of Snowdrift, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Snowdrift by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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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