Chapter 19 of The Huntress is here in full — 333 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of The Huntress is here in full — 333 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack. Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling. Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision. "What the deuce!" he thought. "What a simpleton I am to worry myself blind!
Chapter 19 of The Huntress is here in full — 333 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a tenant in someone's house
From this reading “THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.”
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
From this reading “"What the deuce!" he thought.”
doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
From this reading “Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.”
a feeling of joy and pride
From this reading “Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.”
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.”
intense aversion
From this reading “Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.”
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading “THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "What a simpleton I am to worry myself blind!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading "What a simpleton I am to worry myself blind!
a tenant in someone's house
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
put or send forth
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
From this reading "What the deuce!" he thought.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
past form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "What a simpleton I am to worry myself blind!
doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
a feeling of joy and pride
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "What a simpleton I am to worry myself blind!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
an amount of time
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
intense aversion
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
a person lacking intelligence or common sense
From this reading "What a simpleton I am to worry myself blind!
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "What the deuce!" he thought.
bound or secured closely
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading THE NEW BOARDER Sam tied his team to a tree and walked to the door of the shack.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What the deuce!" he thought.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within those twenty paces he experienced a complete revulsion of feeling.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Having cast the die, he enjoyed that wonderful lightness of heart that follows on a period of painful indecision.
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading "What a simpleton I am to worry myself blind!
Chapter 19 of The Huntress by Hulbert Footner holds 333 sentences, grouped into 67 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 19 holds 333 sentences of The Huntress, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The Huntress by Hulbert Footner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 333 sentences, grouped into 67 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 67 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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