Chapter 9 of The Shades of the Wilderness is here in full — 357 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Shades of the Wilderness is here in full — 357 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof. Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back. Harry sprang out of bed. "Up! up! old boy!" Harry cried to Dalton.
Chapter 9 of The Shades of the Wilderness is here in full — 357 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.”
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
From this reading “THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.”
a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions
From this reading “Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.”
full of or characterized by joy
From this reading “Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.”
plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From this reading “Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.”
not able to be found
From this reading “THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.”
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading “THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.”
the state of being asleep
From this reading “THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.”
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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 THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
(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 THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Harry sprang out of bed.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Up! up! old boy!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Harry cried to Dalton.
English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
set up or found
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
full of or characterized by joy
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
not able to be found
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Up! up! old boy!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Harry sprang out of bed.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
the state of being asleep
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Harry sprang out of bed.
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Harry cried to Dalton.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
up to a particular time
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Up! up! old boy!"
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading THE MISSING PAPER Harry and Dalton did not awake until late the next morning and they found they had not suffered at all from sleeping between four walls and under a roof.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Their lungs were full of fresh air, and youth with all its joyous irresponsibility had come back.
Chapter 9 of The Shades of the Wilderness by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler holds 357 sentences, grouped into 72 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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