Chapter 12 of The Innocent Adventuress is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Innocent Adventuress is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines. Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches. He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set. Then he walked slower, his face still clouded but unsettled. Decidedly his pace lagged.
Chapter 12 of The Innocent Adventuress is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a brisk manner
From this reading “He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.”
English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
From this reading “JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.”
made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance
From this reading “He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.”
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading “JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.”
inflected form of “lag” — hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
From this reading “Decidedly his pace lagged.”
plural of “pine” — a coniferous tree
From this reading “JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.”
more slowly
From this reading “Then he walked slower, his face still clouded but unsettled.”
still in doubt
From this reading “Then he walked slower, his face still clouded but unsettled.”
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 JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
in a brisk manner
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading Decidedly his pace lagged.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
a person who is older than you are
From this reading Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
inflected form of “lag” — hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
From this reading Decidedly his pace lagged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
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 Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
above and across; more than
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading Decidedly his pace lagged.
plural of “pine” — a coniferous tree
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
more slowly
From this reading Then he walked slower, his face still clouded but unsettled.
not in physical motion
From this reading Then he walked slower, his face still clouded but unsettled.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he walked slower, his face still clouded but unsettled.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
still in doubt
From this reading Then he walked slower, his face still clouded but unsettled.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Up to the left went Barry Elder, out of sight among the larches.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading He walked briskly at first, his face clouded but set.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading JOURNEY'S END Over the hills went Johnny Byrd and down the trail and into a grove of pines.
Chapter 12 of The Innocent Adventuress by Mary Hastings Bradley holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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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