Chapter 24 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOBY AGAIN TO THE RESCUE. Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift. Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist. Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad. Life was fresh and full within him.
Chapter 24 of The Children's Pilgrimage is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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too numerous to be counted
From this reading “Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.”
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.”
plural of “privation” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “TOBY AGAIN TO THE RESCUE.”
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading “Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift.”
doomed to extinction
From this reading “Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.”
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading “TOBY AGAIN TO THE RESCUE.”
the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading “Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.”
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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 Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift.
anew
From this reading TOBY AGAIN TO THE RESCUE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
too numerous to be counted
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Life was fresh and full within him.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Life was fresh and full within him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Life was fresh and full within him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift.
a boy or man
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
plural of “privation” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
free from harm or evil
From this reading TOBY AGAIN TO THE RESCUE.
having or caused by an irregular surface
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
From this reading Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
doomed to extinction
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TOBY AGAIN TO THE RESCUE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TOBY AGAIN TO THE RESCUE.
a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
From this reading TOBY AGAIN TO THE RESCUE.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
From this reading Not ten paces away he had suddenly sunk down up to his waist.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Notwithstanding his rough hard life, his want of food, his many and countless privations, he was a strong lad.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Meanwhile Joe was struggling in a snowdrift.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Life was fresh and full within him.
Chapter 24 of The Children's Pilgrimage by L. T. Meade holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 24 holds 104 sentences of The Children's Pilgrimage, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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