Chapter 9 of The fourth progressive reader is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The fourth progressive reader is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
5. The ashes are cold upon their native hearths. The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins. They move on with slow, unsteady steps. The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
Chapter 9 of The fourth progressive reader is here in full — 390 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading “The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.”
plural of “cabin” — small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.”
plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
From this reading “The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.”
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading “The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.”
plural of “hearth” — an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading “The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.”
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
From this reading “The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.”
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading “The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.”
subject to change or variation
From this reading “They move on with slow, unsteady steps.”
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a man who is White
In this reading “The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.”
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
In this reading “They move on with slow, unsteady steps.”
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From this reading 5.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
plural of “cabin” — small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.
plural of “curl” — a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
From this reading The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
plural of “hearth” — an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
for more time
From this reading The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They move on with slow, unsteady steps.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.
not any; not one
From this reading The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They move on with slow, unsteady steps.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading They move on with slow, unsteady steps.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading The smoke no longer curls around their lowly cabins.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading They move on with slow, unsteady steps.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They move on with slow, unsteady steps.
subject to change or variation
From this reading They move on with slow, unsteady steps.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The ashes are cold upon their native hearths.
a Caucasian
From this reading The white man is upon their heels for terror or dispatch, but they heed him not.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They move on with slow, unsteady steps.
Chapter 9 of The fourth progressive reader by Anonymous holds 390 sentences, grouped into 78 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 390 sentences of The fourth progressive reader, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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