Chapter 3 of Spotted Deer is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Spotted Deer is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen. He heard signals passing along the river. Then a twig snapped close beside him. He turned in alarm. At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
Chapter 3 of Spotted Deer is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “He turned in alarm.”
past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.”
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading “CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.”
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading “CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.”
plural of “signal” — any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading “He heard signals passing along the river.”
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “Then a twig snapped close beside him.”
having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
From this reading “CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.”
branch out in a twiglike manner
From this reading “Then a twig snapped close beside him.”
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 “He heard signals passing along the river.”
temporarily
In this reading “CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.”
In this reading “At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.”
In this reading “CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.”
In this reading “He turned in alarm.”
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 CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading He turned in alarm.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He heard signals passing along the river.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Then a twig snapped close beside him.
cause to be bored
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Then a twig snapped close beside him.
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He heard signals passing along the river.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading He heard signals passing along the river.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then a twig snapped close beside him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
hear with intention
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
a particular point in time
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading He heard signals passing along the river.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading He heard signals passing along the river.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
plural of “signal” — any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading He heard signals passing along the river.
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading Then a twig snapped close beside him.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then a twig snapped close beside him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CAPTURED Having gained the forest in safety, Spotted Deer stopped for a moment to listen.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned in alarm.
branch out in a twiglike manner
From this reading Then a twig snapped close beside him.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading At that instant some one sprang upon him and bore him to the ground.
Chapter 3 of Spotted Deer by Elmer Russell Gregor holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 3 holds 171 sentences of Spotted Deer, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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