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Chapter 5 of The Great Sioux Trail is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves. After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck. Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good. It was in truth the wine of life. He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
Chapter 5 of The Great Sioux Trail is here in full — 315 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading “After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.”
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading “THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.”
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading “After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.”
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading “THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.”
past form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading “THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.”
a small stream
From this reading “He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:”
in a triumphant manner
From this reading “He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:”
possessive form of “will” — the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
From this reading “THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.”
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later than; following
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading It was in truth the wine of life.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
an uneasy psychological state
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
above and across; more than
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
past form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
a small stream
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading After drinking he bathed his face in it, and then poured it over his neck.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
in a triumphant manner
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
a fact that has been verified
From this reading It was in truth the wine of life.
precisely as stated
From this reading Good as he knew water to be he had never known that it could be so very good.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in truth the wine of life.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading He shook out his thick hair, wet from the rill, and said triumphantly and aloud to the animals:
a Caucasian
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
possessive form of “will” — the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
From this reading THE WHITE DOME The tide of cool water restored Will's nerves.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading It was in truth the wine of life.
Chapter 5 of The Great Sioux Trail by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler holds 315 sentences, grouped into 63 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.
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