Chapter 13 of The Ivory Trail is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Ivory Trail is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Let's go!" I said. "My leg hurts like hell. If I stay here I can't sleep. Anything to keep from thinking about it!
Chapter 13 of The Ivory Trail is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
any thing at all
From this reading “Anything to keep from thinking about it!”
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “"My leg hurts like hell.”
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “"My leg hurts like hell.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Anything to keep from thinking about it!”
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading “"My leg hurts like hell.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “If I stay here I can't sleep.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “If I stay here I can't sleep.”
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “Anything to keep from thinking about it!”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Anything to keep from thinking about it!
any thing at all
From this reading Anything to keep from thinking about it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If I stay here I can't sleep.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Anything to keep from thinking about it!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Let's go!"
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading "My leg hurts like hell.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading If I stay here I can't sleep.
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading "My leg hurts like hell.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I stay here I can't sleep.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Anything to keep from thinking about it!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Anything to keep from thinking about it!
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading "My leg hurts like hell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let's go!"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "My leg hurts like hell.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My leg hurts like hell.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading If I stay here I can't sleep.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading If I stay here I can't sleep.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading Anything to keep from thinking about it!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Anything to keep from thinking about it!
Chapter 13 of The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 13 holds 405 sentences of The Ivory Trail, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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.
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