Chapter 22 of The Huntress is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Huntress is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table. Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage. Sam was already up. He kicked the impeding box away. When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.
Chapter 22 of The Huntress is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/67 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
From this reading “Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.”
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
From this reading “MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.”
preventing movement
From this reading “He kicked the impeding box away.”
past form of “kick” — drive or propel with the foot
From this reading “He kicked the impeding box away.”
one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading “MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.”
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
From this reading “MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Sam was already up.”
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 “When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.”
come into existence; take on form or shape
In this reading “Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.”
In this reading “MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.”
play boisterously
In this reading “When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.”
be sufficient
In this reading “MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Sam was already up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He kicked the impeding box away.
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
From this reading Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading He kicked the impeding box away.
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He kicked the impeding box away.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.
preventing movement
From this reading He kicked the impeding box away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.
past form of “kick” — drive or propel with the foot
From this reading He kicked the impeding box away.
one of the contractile organs of the body
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.
done under pressure
From this reading When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Sam was already up.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sam was already up.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading MUSCLE AND NERVE A gasp went around the table.
at the time that
From this reading When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Joe sprang up with a bellow of rage.
Chapter 22 of The Huntress by Hulbert Footner holds 337 sentences, grouped into 68 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 22 holds 337 sentences of The Huntress, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of The Huntress by Hulbert Footner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 337 sentences, grouped into 68 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.
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