Chapter 5 of The La Chance Mine Mystery is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The La Chance Mine Mystery is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me? "The road, this night, is dark." Dost thou and thine then side with me? "Ride on, ride on and hark!" _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
Chapter 5 of The La Chance Mine Mystery is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “_The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.”
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Dost thou and thine then side with me?”
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading “"Ride on, ride on and hark!"”
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “_The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.”
emit long loud cries
From this reading “THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Dost thou and thine then side with me?”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
absence of light or illumination
From this reading "The road, this night, is dark."
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading Dost thou and thine then side with me?
apart from; not including
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading "Ride on, ride on and hark!"
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
emit long loud cries
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The road, this night, is dark."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "The road, this night, is dark."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Ride on, ride on and hark!"
on one occasion
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Dost thou and thine then side with me?
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Dost thou and thine then side with me?
in or at that place or location
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Dost thou and thine then side with me?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "The road, this night, is dark."
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
which person or people
From this reading _The Night Ride._ There she sat, anyhow, alone except for Macartney, who stood at the horses' heads.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading THE CARAQUET ROAD: AND THE WOLVES HOWL ONCE MORE Why comest thou to ride with me?
Chapter 5 of The La Chance Mine Mystery by Susan Morrow Jones holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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 5 holds 229 sentences of The La Chance Mine Mystery, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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