Chapter 14 of The Mountain School-Teacher is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Mountain School-Teacher is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
|ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher. The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning. When the dog barked, the little boy would say: “Nim, see Teacher.” The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.
Chapter 14 of The Mountain School-Teacher is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bark” — speak in an unfriendly tone
From this reading “When the dog barked, the little boy would say:”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.”
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.”
having a supporting base
From this reading “The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.”
a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading “|ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.”
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading “The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.”
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.
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In this reading “When the dog barked, the little boy would say:”
In this reading “|ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.”
In this reading “The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.”
In this reading “|ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.”
In this reading “The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.”
In this reading “The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
past form of “bark” — speak in an unfriendly tone
From this reading When the dog barked, the little boy would say:
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.
a youthful male person
From this reading |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
a young person of either sex
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
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 |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them
From this reading “Nim, see Teacher.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
express in words
From this reading When the dog barked, the little boy would say:
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From this reading |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Nim, see Teacher.”
having a supporting base
From this reading The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.
a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading “Nim, see Teacher.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading The child and the dog watched for the man to come out of the forest in the morning.
at the time that
From this reading When the dog barked, the little boy would say:
in the company of; together with
From this reading |ALL day long the little boy was with the School-teacher.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The woman standing before the door watched for the three of them to come out of the forest in the evening.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When the dog barked, the little boy would say:
Chapter 14 of The Mountain School-Teacher by Melville Davisson Post holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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 14 holds 102 sentences of The Mountain School-Teacher, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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