Chapter 12 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We can go," she whispered. "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow." "Wouldn't you like to see it out?" "No, darling." Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
Chapter 12 of The Lost Wagon is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “"The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."”
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “"The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."”
a special loved one
From this reading “"No, darling."”
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading “"The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."”
housing available for people to live in
From this reading “Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.”
held in check with difficulty
From this reading “Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.”
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading “Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.”
utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
From this reading “Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.”
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 “"The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."”
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 Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "We can go," she whispered.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
a special loved one
From this reading "No, darling."
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "We can go," she whispered.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Wouldn't you like to see it out?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Wouldn't you like to see it out?"
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
not any; not one
From this reading "No, darling."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Wouldn't you like to see it out?"
housing available for people to live in
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Wouldn't you like to see it out?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We can go," she whispered.
held in check with difficulty
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The dance is finished in another fifteen minutes anyhow."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Wouldn't you like to see it out?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We can go," she whispered.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "We can go," she whispered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Wouldn't you like to see it out?"
utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
From this reading Back in their quarters, Joe stifled a yawn and washed up.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Wouldn't you like to see it out?"
Chapter 12 of The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard holds 415 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 12 holds 415 sentences of The Lost Wagon, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 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 12 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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