Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FUR AND FEATHERS Crack! That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew. “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time! No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything. Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
From this reading “That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.”
small lead shot for shotgun shells
From this reading “Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?”
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading “FUR AND FEATHERS Crack!”
plural of “feather” — the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
From this reading “FUR AND FEATHERS Crack!”
possessive form of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading “FUR AND FEATHERS Crack!”
a victory cheer
From this reading ““Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!”
plural of “shell” — ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading “Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?”
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anew
From this reading No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FUR AND FEATHERS Crack!
any thing at all
From this reading No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.
a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
From this reading That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.
small lead shot for shotgun shells
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading FUR AND FEATHERS Crack!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!
plural of “feather” — the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
From this reading FUR AND FEATHERS Crack!
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!
possessive form of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
From this reading That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading FUR AND FEATHERS Crack!
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything.
a victory cheer
From this reading “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
not any; not one
From this reading No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything.
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.
plural of “shell” — ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.
in or at that place or location
From this reading No, there he’s on his feet again, as sure as anything.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading That was Frank’s rifle, as Bluff well knew.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Oh, why didn’t I have buckshot shells in my gun?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Hurrah; he’s down, Frank; you got him that time!
Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods by Quincy Allen holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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 110 sentences of The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods by Quincy Allen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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.
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