Chapter 11 of South from Hudson Bay is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of South from Hudson Bay is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier. “Not many hours. Since last night. It must have been before noon though. We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
Chapter 11 of South from Hudson Bay is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.””
in the past
From this reading ““How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading ““Not many hours.”
the middle of the day
From this reading “It must have been before noon though.”
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading ““How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.”
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading “We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.””
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.””
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Since last night.”
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 “We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.””
In this reading “Since last night.”
In this reading “It must have been before noon though.”
In this reading ““Not many hours.”
In this reading “We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.””
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 We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
from one side of something to the other
From this reading We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
in the past
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It must have been before noon though.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It must have been before noon though.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It must have been before noon though.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “Not many hours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must have been before noon though.
immediately past
From this reading Since last night.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading “Not many hours.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must have been before noon though.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Since last night.
the middle of the day
From this reading It must have been before noon though.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not many hours.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since last night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It must have been before noon though.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We could have seen them a long way across the prairie.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How long ago do you think they passed?” asked Mr. Perier.
Chapter 11 of South from Hudson Bay by Ethel C. (Ethel Claire) Brill holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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 428 sentences of South from Hudson Bay, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of South from Hudson Bay by Ethel C. (Ethel Claire) Brill exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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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