Chapter 9 of The Everlasting Whisper is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Everlasting Whisper is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And you know where it is?" "I can go to it as straight as a string. Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards. And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case. We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"
Chapter 9 of The Everlasting Whisper is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
From this reading “Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.”
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.”
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.”
an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
From this reading “We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"”
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
From this reading “And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.”
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
From this reading “Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.”
a lightweight cord
From this reading “"I can go to it as straight as a string.”
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 "I can go to it as straight as a string.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you know where it is?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I can go to it as straight as a string.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "I can go to it as straight as a string.
an occurrence of something
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I can go to it as straight as a string.
coins made of gold
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I can go to it as straight as a string.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "And you know where it is?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "And you know where it is?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "And you know where it is?"
filled with a great quantity
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"
a condition requiring relief
From this reading We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
From this reading We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
successive (without a break)
From this reading "I can go to it as straight as a string.
a lightweight cord
From this reading "I can go to it as straight as a string.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I can go to it as straight as a string.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We need not fear the poorhouse, you and I, Mrs. King!"
in or at the place that
From this reading "And you know where it is?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Two days to get to it and to stake a claim; two days to come out with a couple of horses loaded to the guards.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And that itself means a fortune, if it's clean, raw gold, as would seem to be the case.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And you know where it is?"
Chapter 9 of The Everlasting Whisper by Jackson Gregory holds 409 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 409 sentences of The Everlasting Whisper, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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