The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Everett MacDonald • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 3 of The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

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Chapter 3 holds 189 sentences of The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

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THE TRAITOR Belle-Ann jumped instantly to her feet, looked, brushed her eyes with her hand, and hastened to meet them, her curls bobbing and her bare legs and arms gleaming in the moon's luster.

Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

"Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

Air yo' sorry, Lem?"

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Chapter III Reading 1/38

The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of The Red Debt: Echoes from Kentucky is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

THE TRAITOR Belle-Ann jumped instantly to her feet, looked, brushed her eyes with her hand, and hastened to meet them, her curls bobbing and her bare legs and arms gleaming in the moon's luster.

Line 2

Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

Line 3

"Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

Line 4

Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

Line 5

Air yo' sorry, Lem?"

Learner Dictionary

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Toward preposition US /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading “Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

ahead

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

Air

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From this reading Air yo' sorry, Lem?"

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE TRAITOR Belle-Ann jumped instantly to her feet, looked, brushed her eyes with her hand, and hastened to meet them, her curls bobbing and her bare legs and arms gleaming in the moon's luster.

arms

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bare

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Belle-Ann

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bobbing

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brushed

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Bud

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

cabin

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

came

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

comin

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From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

cried

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From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

curls

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dad

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From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

Dad's

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From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

excitedly

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From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

eyes

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feet

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figure

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

gleaming

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From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

got

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hand

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hastened

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heah

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From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

instantly

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jumped

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legs

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Lem

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From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

Lem's

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

Little

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

looked

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luster

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mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

meet

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mission

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From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

moon's

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off

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

Orlick

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From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

school

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From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

sent

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From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

sorry

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From this reading Air yo' sorry, Lem?"

straight

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

take

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From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

tall

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

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From this reading Dad's a comin' heah t' take me t' th' mission school.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

TRAITOR

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turned

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From this reading Little Bud turned off toward the cabin, but Lem's tall figure came straight ahead.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

word

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From this reading "Lem," she cried excitedly, "I got t' go--dad sent word by Orlick.

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From this reading Air yo' sorry, Lem?"

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