Chapter 5 of The Lost Cabin Mine is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Lost Cabin Mine is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"All right, Dan," he said. "Don’t worry. It’s too late now." We all turned to him in wonder. "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
Chapter 5 of The Lost Cabin Mine is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
From this reading “"Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.”
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “"Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “It’s too late now."”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"All right, Dan," he said.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “We all turned to him in wonder.”
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading “"Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “We all turned to him in wonder.”
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading “"Don’t worry.”
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 “It’s too late now."”
In this reading “"Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.”
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worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All right, Dan," he said.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All right, Dan," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don’t worry.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "All right, Dan," he said.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We all turned to him in wonder.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We all turned to him in wonder.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s too late now."
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading It’s too late now."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It’s too late now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right, Dan," he said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "All right, Dan," he said.
carry out
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We all turned to him in wonder.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading It’s too late now."
moved around an axis or center
From this reading We all turned to him in wonder.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We all turned to him in wonder.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading "Pete thought it advisable to take the whole bunch away.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading We all turned to him in wonder.
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading "Don’t worry.
Chapter 5 of The Lost Cabin Mine by Frederick Niven holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 427 sentences of The Lost Cabin Mine, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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