Chapter 4 of The Strength of the Pines is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Strength of the Pines is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"At first they made no war on the Folgers. The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny. They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family. They were on our side clear through. At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
Chapter 4 of The Strength of the Pines is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.”
being joined in close association
From this reading “They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.”
a bitter quarrel between two parties
From this reading “At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.”
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading “The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.”
very recently
From this reading “At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.”
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading “The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.”
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading “They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.”
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In this reading “At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.”
a teenager or a young adult male
In this reading “At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.”
In this reading “The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.”
In this reading “At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.”
In this reading “The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.”
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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 At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.
rid of obstructions
From this reading They were on our side clear through.
being joined in close association
From this reading They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.
a social unit living together
From this reading They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.
a bitter quarrel between two parties
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
and nothing more
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
immediately past
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.
joined in matrimony
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
very recently
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
not any; not one
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
and nothing more
From this reading They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading They were on our side clear through.
a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading They were connected, by marriage only, to the Ross family.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading They were on our side clear through.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading They were on our side clear through.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading "At first they made no war on the Folgers.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Folgers, you must know, were good people too, honest to the last penny.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading At the beginning of the feud the head of the Folger family was just a young man, newly married.
Chapter 4 of The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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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