Chapter 5 of The Sweep Winner is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The Sweep Winner is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track! Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more. He must hurry on. Ping felt there was need for haste. His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.
Chapter 5 of The Sweep Winner is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
From this reading “WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!”
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
From this reading “Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “Ping felt there was need for haste.”
temporary military shelter
From this reading “WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!”
hit with a pinging noise
From this reading “Ping felt there was need for haste.”
not often
From this reading “His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.”
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading “WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!”
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading “Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.”
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 “Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Ping felt there was need for haste.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ping felt there was need for haste.
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading Ping felt there was need for haste.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading He must hurry on.
temporary military shelter
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He must hurry on.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Ping felt there was need for haste.
not any; not one
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
hit with a pinging noise
From this reading Ping felt there was need for haste.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.
not often
From this reading His master seldom pushed him as he was doing now.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
in or at that place or location
From this reading Ping felt there was need for haste.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ping felt there was need for haste.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT Joe Calder shot dead on his track!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Glen had no time to waste or he would have gone back to hear more.
Chapter 5 of The Sweep Winner by Nat Gould holds 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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 5 holds 152 sentences of The Sweep Winner, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Sweep Winner by Nat Gould exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 152 sentences, grouped into 31 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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