Chapter 8 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah." For a moment Joe was torn. He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands. Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands. Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
Chapter 8 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “amble” — walk leisurely
From this reading “Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.”
make by combining materials and parts
From this reading “He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.”
plural of “favor” — an act of gracious kindness
From this reading “Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.”
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading “Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.”
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading “Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.”
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.”
possessive form of “sam” — a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.”
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading “For a moment Joe was torn.”
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.
temporarily
In this reading “For a moment Joe was torn.”
In this reading “There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."”
In this reading “Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.”
In this reading “He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.”
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 There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
(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 Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
past form of “amble” — walk leisurely
From this reading Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
make by combining materials and parts
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
plural of “favor” — an act of gracious kindness
From this reading Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment Joe was torn.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For a moment Joe was torn.
go away from a place
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
a particular point in time
From this reading For a moment Joe was torn.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
possessive form of “sam” — a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
a special situation
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Then he realized that time was a precious thing for all of them, and he'd do best to leave it in Sam's hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading For a moment Joe was torn.
in the direction of
From this reading Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Sam ambled off toward a lumber pile and Jake Favors turned to Joe.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a long pause and Sam said, "Shu-ah."
in the company of; together with
From this reading He'd wanted to build Emma that table with his own hands.
Chapter 8 of The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 8 holds 402 sentences of The Lost Wagon, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 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.
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