Chapter 5 of The Alaskan is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Alaskan is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room. There were only two empty chairs at his table. One was his own. The other belonged to Mary Standish. There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
Chapter 5 of The Alaskan is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in an aggressive manner
From this reading “There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.”
past form of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “The other belonged to Mary Standish.”
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “There were only two empty chairs at his table.”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “There were only two empty chairs at his table.”
occurring or operating at the same time
From this reading “There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.”
English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
From this reading “The other belonged to Mary Standish.”
tending to suggest or imply
From this reading “There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.”
being unoccupied
From this reading “There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.”
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in an aggressive manner
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
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From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
past form of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading The other belonged to Mary Standish.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
a room used for dining
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading The other belonged to Mary Standish.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One was his own.
and nothing more
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The other belonged to Mary Standish.
above and across; more than
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading One was his own.
occurring or operating at the same time
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
From this reading The other belonged to Mary Standish.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
tending to suggest or imply
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The other belonged to Mary Standish.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
being unoccupied
From this reading There was something almost aggressively suggestive in their simultaneous vacancy, it struck him at first.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were only two empty chairs at his table.
at the time that
From this reading Breakfast hour was half over when Alan went into the dining-room.
Chapter 5 of The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood holds 257 sentences, grouped into 52 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 5 holds 257 sentences of The Alaskan, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
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