Chapter 10 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Have some more, Joey? There's plenty." "I might try another little piece." Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads. They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
Chapter 10 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading “Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.”
Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)
From this reading “Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.”
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.”
offering fun and gaiety
From this reading “They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.”
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 “Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.”
a full supply
From this reading “There's plenty."”
without strain or anxiety
From this reading “They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.”
filled with something
From this reading “Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.”
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In this reading “They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.”
In this reading “"I might try another little piece."”
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king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "I might try another little piece."
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
offering fun and gaiety
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have some more, Joey?
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 Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I might try another little piece."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Have some more, Joey?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "I might try another little piece."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "I might try another little piece."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Have some more, Joey?
a separate part of a whole
From this reading "I might try another little piece."
a full supply
From this reading There's plenty."
without strain or anxiety
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Have some more, Joey?
filled with something
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Little Emma said, "I'm stuffed," and Alfred and Carlyle shook their heads.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's plenty."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They sat around the festive board, completely relaxed and happy.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading "I might try another little piece."
Chapter 10 of The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 10 holds 411 sentences of The Lost Wagon, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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