Chapter 7 of The Lost Cabin Mine is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Lost Cabin Mine is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Nonsense, man," he said. "Nonsense, man. There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them. "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off. Shall I count some of them for you?"
Chapter 7 of The Lost Cabin Mine is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
From this reading “There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.”
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “"You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.”
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading “"You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.”
carry out or perform an action
From this reading “"You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.”
plural of “pudding” — any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
From this reading “There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.”
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading “There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.”
walk by dragging one's feet
From this reading “"You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.”
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading “There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.”
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 “"You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.”
In this reading “There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.”
In this reading “There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.”
the hand that is on the left side of the body
In this reading “There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading Shall I count some of them for you?"
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Nonsense, man," he said.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Shall I count some of them for you?"
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Nonsense, man," he said.
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading "Nonsense, man," he said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
carry out or perform an action
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
plural of “pudding” — any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Nonsense, man," he said.
appearing as such but not necessarily so
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall I count some of them for you?"
walk by dragging one's feet
From this reading "You have a lot of duties to perform to mankind before you can shuffle off.
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Shall I count some of them for you?"
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There are so many things that you have to live for:" and he held up his left hand, the fingers seeming swollen to the size of puddings, and began counting upon them.
Chapter 7 of The Lost Cabin Mine by Frederick Niven holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
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