Chapter 17 of The Blazed Trail is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Blazed Trail is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing. Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation. In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless. As long as the money lasts, they blow it in. “Hot money!” is the cry.
Chapter 17 of The Blazed Trail is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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breaking up and scattering by dispersion
From this reading “Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.”
plural of “drove” — a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading “In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.”
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
From this reading “In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.”
plural of “last” — the temporal end; the concluding time
From this reading “As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.”
without law or control
From this reading “In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.”
the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
From this reading “A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.”
an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
From this reading “Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.”
superlative of “wild” — marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.”
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 A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
later than; following
From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.
exhale hard
From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Hot money!” is the cry.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
breaking up and scattering by dispersion
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
plural of “drove” — a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading “Hot money!” is the cry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.
and nothing more
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
plural of “last” — the temporal end; the concluding time
From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.
without law or control
From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
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 As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.
the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
the force of workers available
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading As long as the money lasts, they blow it in.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
thrust or throw into
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
a special situation
From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading A lumbering town after the drive is a fearful thing.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading In droves they invade the cities,--wild, picturesque, lawless.
superlative of “wild” — marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Men just off the river draw a deep breath, and plunge into the wildest reactionary dissipation.
Chapter 17 of The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 17 holds 63 sentences of The Blazed Trail, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
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