Chapter 11 of The Mountain School-Teacher is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Mountain School-Teacher is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
|ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill. “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called. The doctor stopped his horse. “Yes,” he said, “they sent me word to come.” “By Jonas the first of the week?”
Chapter 11 of The Mountain School-Teacher is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
possessive form of “black” — the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
From this reading ““Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.”
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading “|ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.”
move about in a confused manner
From this reading “|ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.”
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “|ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.”
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading “|ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “|ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “The doctor stopped his horse.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading ““By Jonas the first of the week?””
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.
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.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
possessive form of “black” — the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
From this reading “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “By Jonas the first of the week?”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Yes,” he said, “they sent me word to come.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “By Jonas the first of the week?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor stopped his horse.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The doctor stopped his horse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By Jonas the first of the week?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yes,” he said, “they sent me word to come.”
move about in a confused manner
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “By Jonas the first of the week?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
above and across; more than
From this reading “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Yes,” he said, “they sent me word to come.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “Yes,” he said, “they sent me word to come.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The doctor stopped his horse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Yes,” he said, “they sent me word to come.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |ON SATURDAY morning the miller hailed the doctor as he was passing the mill.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “By Jonas the first of the week?”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Yes,” he said, “they sent me word to come.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes,” he said, “they sent me word to come.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are you goin' over to Black's?” she called.
Chapter 11 of The Mountain School-Teacher by Melville Davisson Post holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 11 holds 148 sentences of The Mountain School-Teacher, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Mountain School-Teacher by Melville Davisson Post exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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