Chapter 12 of The Island Trapper is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Island Trapper is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BLOW FOR FREEDOM. A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls. Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear. “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village. The guard sleeps soundly.
Chapter 12 of The Island Trapper is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
From this reading “Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.”
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading ““Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.”
the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
From this reading “THE BLOW FOR FREEDOM.”
a half of an hour
From this reading “A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading “A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.”
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading “Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.”
plural of “sleep” — a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “The guard sleeps soundly.”
deeply or completely
From this reading “The guard sleeps soundly.”
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 “A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.”
In this reading “Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.”
In this reading ““Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.”
In this reading “THE BLOW FOR FREEDOM.”
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 A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
anew
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
exhale hard
From this reading THE BLOW FOR FREEDOM.
the two together, not just one
From this reading A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE BLOW FOR FREEDOM.
the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
From this reading THE BLOW FOR FREEDOM.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
coins made of gold
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading The guard sleeps soundly.
a half of an hour
From this reading A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
plural of “sleep” — a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading The guard sleeps soundly.
deeply or completely
From this reading The guard sleeps soundly.
carry out
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLOW FOR FREEDOM.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A half-hour passed, of intense anxiety to both girls.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “Gold Feather is not able to take the girls out through the village.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then they distinctly heard a noise again in the wigwam’s rear.
Chapter 12 of The Island Trapper by T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Harbaugh holds 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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 12 holds 95 sentences of The Island Trapper, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Island Trapper by T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Harbaugh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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 19 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 19 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 160 minutes of reading across 385 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Island Trapper, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
