Chapter 10 of The Son of the Wolf is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Son of the Wolf is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Malemute Kid wound up his watch. It was midnight. 'Cheer up, old man!' The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread. 'God surely will forgive such a lie.
Chapter 10 of The Son of the Wolf is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
give encouragement to
From this reading “'Cheer up, old man!'”
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading “The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “'God surely will forgive such a lie.”
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading “The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “Malemute Kid wound up his watch.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “It was midnight.”
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
From this reading “The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.”
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “Malemute Kid wound up his watch.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.
give encouragement to
From this reading 'Cheer up, old man!'
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading 'God surely will forgive such a lie.
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading 'God surely will forgive such a lie.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Malemute Kid wound up his watch.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was midnight.
tell false information to for fun
From this reading Malemute Kid wound up his watch.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading 'God surely will forgive such a lie.
breed of sled dog developed in Alaska
From this reading Malemute Kid wound up his watch.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading 'Cheer up, old man!'
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading It was midnight.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading 'Cheer up, old man!'
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading 'God surely will forgive such a lie.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading 'God surely will forgive such a lie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
From this reading The Kid was evidently gathering up a broken thread.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Malemute Kid wound up his watch.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was midnight.
look attentively
From this reading Malemute Kid wound up his watch.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading 'God surely will forgive such a lie.
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading Malemute Kid wound up his watch.
Chapter 10 of The Son of the Wolf by Jack London holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 203 sentences of The Son of the Wolf, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Son of the Wolf by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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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