Chapter 4 of The tenderfoots is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The tenderfoots is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You needn’t believe it now. There was no ‘bowling over’ about it. I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon. She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.” “And that is as far as you’ve gone?
Chapter 4 of The tenderfoots is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.”
a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
From this reading “There was no ‘bowling over’ about it.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.”
the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
From this reading “I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.”
a social unit living together
From this reading “I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.””
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.”
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 “She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.””
In this reading “She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.””
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was no ‘bowling over’ about it.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And that is as far as you’ve gone?
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “And that is as far as you’ve gone?
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “You needn’t believe it now.
a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
From this reading There was no ‘bowling over’ about it.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
at any time
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
a social unit living together
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “And that is as far as you’ve gone?
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
a young female
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “And that is as far as you’ve gone?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And that is as far as you’ve gone?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You needn’t believe it now.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You needn’t believe it now.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no ‘bowling over’ about it.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “You needn’t believe it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
above and across; more than
From this reading There was no ‘bowling over’ about it.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She isn’t like any other girl I’ve ever known.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “And that is as far as you’ve gone?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no ‘bowling over’ about it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
create by training and teaching
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no ‘bowling over’ about it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I first met her on the train coming to Denver--with her family; sat with her for part of an afternoon.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You needn’t believe it now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And that is as far as you’ve gone?
Chapter 4 of The tenderfoots by Francis Lynde holds 401 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.
Chapter 4 holds 401 sentences of The tenderfoots, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The tenderfoots by Francis Lynde exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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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