Chapter 9 of Steve Young is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Steve Young is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Do you hear?" cried Johannes excitedly. "Down, my lad, quick!" Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face. "Well, why do you stop?" said Johannes. "Draw up the trap, and go down."
Chapter 9 of Steve Young is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cause to move by pulling
From this reading “"Draw up the trap, and go down."”
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading “"Do you hear?" cried Johannes excitedly.”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"Down, my lad, quick!"”
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading “Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.”
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
From this reading “Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.”
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.”
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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 Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Do you hear?" cried Johannes excitedly.
with desperation
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you hear?" cried Johannes excitedly.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Down, my lad, quick!"
cause to move by pulling
From this reading "Draw up the trap, and go down."
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading "Do you hear?" cried Johannes excitedly.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Draw up the trap, and go down."
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Do you hear?" cried Johannes excitedly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Do you hear?" cried Johannes excitedly.
a boy or man
From this reading "Down, my lad, quick!"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Down, my lad, quick!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "Down, my lad, quick!"
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well, why do you stop?" said Johannes.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "Well, why do you stop?" said Johannes.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Draw up the trap, and go down."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, why do you stop?" said Johannes.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Steve made a movement to stoop and raise the trap on which he stood, and he stopped short and gazed despairingly in the great Norseman's face.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Well, why do you stop?" said Johannes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you hear?" cried Johannes excitedly.
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