Chapter 9 of The Iron Trail is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Iron Trail is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure. "Say! Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh! Is it you, Gordon?" "You knew very well it was I."
Chapter 9 of The Iron Trail is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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changed in form or character without becoming something else
From this reading “Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!”
English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)
From this reading “Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.”
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading “Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.”
time available for ease and relaxation
From this reading “Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.”
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading “Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.”
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading “Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.”
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading “Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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changed in form or character without becoming something else
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
past form of “approach” — move towards
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
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From this reading Is it you, Gordon?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You knew very well it was I."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
marked by casual disrespect
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is it you, Gordon?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is it you, Gordon?"
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
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 "You knew very well it was I."
time available for ease and relaxation
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
express in words
From this reading "Say!
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
the rays of the sun
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
precisely as stated
From this reading "You knew very well it was I."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "You knew very well it was I."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "You knew very well it was I."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Appleton scrambled carefully down from his perch in the warm sunshine and approached with insolent leisure.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you want to get your fool self killed?" he cried; then in an altered tone: "Oh!
Chapter 9 of The Iron Trail by Rex Beach holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 9 holds 413 sentences of The Iron Trail, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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