Chapter 30 of The Fur Bringers is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The Fur Bringers is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TRAP. He shared the teepee with his six guards. Sleep was remote from his eyes. Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards. His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
Chapter 30 of The Fur Bringers is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ankle” — a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
From this reading “His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.”
aroused or activated
From this reading “Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.”
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “He shared the teepee with his six guards.”
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading “Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.”
located far away spatially
From this reading “Sleep was remote from his eyes.”
have in common; held or experienced in common
From this reading “He shared the teepee with his six guards.”
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “THE TRAP.”
Released from physical or magical bonds; free and unrestricted.
From this reading “His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
plural of “ankle” — a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
aroused or activated
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Sleep was remote from his eyes.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sleep was remote from his eyes.
plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading He shared the teepee with his six guards.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He shared the teepee with his six guards.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He shared the teepee with his six guards.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
immediately past
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
and nothing more
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
located far away spatially
From this reading Sleep was remote from his eyes.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
have in common; held or experienced in common
From this reading He shared the teepee with his six guards.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading He shared the teepee with his six guards.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Sleep was remote from his eyes.
a Native American tent; usually of conical shape
From this reading He shared the teepee with his six guards.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRAP.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nevertheless, he did fall off at last, only, it seemed to him, to be immediately awakened by his guards.
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading THE TRAP.
Released from physical or magical bonds; free and unrestricted.
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sleep was remote from his eyes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His ankles were unbound, and he was made to understand that he must ride again.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He shared the teepee with his six guards.
Chapter 30 of The Fur Bringers by Hulbert Footner holds 352 sentences, grouped into 71 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 30 holds 352 sentences of The Fur Bringers, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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