Chapter 40 of The Snow-Burner is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of The Snow-Burner is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“And now the Snow-Burner has his gold. He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp. Great is the Snow-Burner! Now he has the gold which he longed for. Now he is rich.
Chapter 40 of The Snow-Burner is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.”
coins made of gold
From this reading ““And now the Snow-Burner has his gold.”
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 “He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.”
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 “He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.”
past form of “long” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading “Now he has the gold which he longed for.”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.”
possessing material wealth
From this reading “Now he is rich.”
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own 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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own 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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And now the Snow-Burner has his gold.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now he has the gold which he longed for.
coins made of gold
From this reading “And now the Snow-Burner has his gold.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.
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 He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And now the Snow-Burner has his gold.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “And now the Snow-Burner has his gold.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.
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 He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Great is the Snow-Burner!
past form of “long” — desire strongly or persistently
From this reading Now he has the gold which he longed for.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “And now the Snow-Burner has his gold.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.
possessing material wealth
From this reading Now he is rich.
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading He has robbed the great Iron Hair in his own camp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And now the Snow-Burner has his gold.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And now the Snow-Burner has his gold.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Now he has the gold which he longed for.
Chapter 40 of The Snow-Burner by Henry Oyen holds 113 sentences, grouped into 23 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 40 holds 113 sentences of The Snow-Burner, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 40 of The Snow-Burner by Henry Oyen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 113 sentences, grouped into 23 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.
Work through the 23 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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