Chapter 37 of The Snow-Burner is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 37 of The Snow-Burner is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, Snow-Burner!” It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her. “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp. The air is bad, and the country is not open. It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
Chapter 37 of The Snow-Burner is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading “It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.”
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.”
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading “It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.””
spoil as if by poison
From this reading “It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.””
with low volume
From this reading ““Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.”
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading ““Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.”
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 “It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.”
In this reading “It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.”
In this reading ““Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.”
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.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The air is bad, and the country is not open.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading The air is bad, and the country is not open.
relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading The air is bad, and the country is not open.
inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The air is bad, and the country is not open.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
come together
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The air is bad, and the country is not open.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The air is bad, and the country is not open.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
spoil as if by poison
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
with low volume
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner!”
in the near future
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It is in my heart to poison Iron Hair as soon as the Snow-Burner says we are ready to go from this place.”
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “Oh, Snow-Burner,” she whispered quietly, “I am weary of this camp.
which person or people
From this reading It was Tillie who came, bearing the evening food, and Reivers crept out on the sand to meet her.
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