Chapter 9 of Sun Dog loot is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Sun Dog loot is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.” “Fun, ——! It’d be a riot.” * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton. He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
Chapter 9 of Sun Dog loot is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “* * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.”
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading ““I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.””
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.”
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
From this reading “It’d be a riot.””
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “* * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.”
being very thin
From this reading “He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.”
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 “* * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.”
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 It’d be a riot.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading “I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’d be a riot.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.”
above and across; more than
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
From this reading It’d be a riot.”
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.
being very thin
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.”
at the time that
From this reading * * * * * It was dark when Santel rode into Silverton.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I think that would be fun, Mrs. Wesson.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading He took his horse to the livery-stable and turned it over to a skinny youngster.
Chapter 9 of Sun Dog loot by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 407 sentences of Sun Dog loot, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Sun Dog loot by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
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