Chapter 8 of The Hunted Outlaw is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Hunted Outlaw is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Life is hard in the Megantic district. A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation. The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm. Money is scarce. There is very little to be made in lumber.
Chapter 8 of The Hunted Outlaw is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “crop” — the yield from plants in a single growing season
From this reading “The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.”
socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
From this reading “A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.”
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading “Life is hard in the Megantic district.”
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading “There is very little to be made in lumber.”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.”
past form of “provide” — give something useful or necessary to
From this reading “The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “Money is scarce.”
(often followed by “of” or “to”) yielding readily to or capable of
From this reading “A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.”
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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 A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There is very little to be made in lumber.
plural of “crop” — the yield from plants in a single growing season
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
From this reading A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
From this reading Life is hard in the Megantic district.
a social unit living together
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Life is hard in the Megantic district.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Life is hard in the Megantic district.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Life is hard in the Megantic district.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Life is hard in the Megantic district.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading There is very little to be made in lumber.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading There is very little to be made in lumber.
deficient in amount or quality or extent
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
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From this reading Life is hard in the Megantic district.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Money is scarce.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
past form of “provide” — give something useful or necessary to
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
only a very short time before
From this reading Money is scarce.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
(often followed by “of” or “to”) yielding readily to or capable of
From this reading A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Life is hard in the Megantic district.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
precisely as stated
From this reading A very small portion of the land is susceptible of cultivation.
at the time that
From this reading The crops are meagre, and when the family is provided for, there is very little left to sell off the farm.
Chapter 8 of The Hunted Outlaw by Anonymous holds 14 sentences, grouped into 3 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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