Chapter 40 of The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I thought that he would faint. His face went white as paper and he shrank back. He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes. "God forgive me! Oh, why didn't you tell me, boy?
Chapter 40 of The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 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.
a youthful male person
From this reading “Oh, why didn't you tell me, boy?”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “I thought that he would faint.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “"God forgive me!”
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.”
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading “His face went white as paper and he shrank back.”
inflected form of “shrink” — wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading “His face went white as paper and he shrank back.”
an intense or violent exertion
From this reading “He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.”
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
a youthful male person
From this reading Oh, why didn't you tell me, boy?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, why didn't you tell me, boy?
opinion or judgment
From this reading He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading I thought that he would faint.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading "God forgive me!
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.
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 forgive me!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought that he would faint.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought that he would faint.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, why didn't you tell me, boy?
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
inflected form of “shrink” — wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
an intense or violent exertion
From this reading He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.
express in words
From this reading Oh, why didn't you tell me, boy?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I thought that he would faint.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought that he would faint.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
a Caucasian
From this reading His face went white as paper and he shrank back.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Oh, why didn't you tell me, boy?
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He gazed at me with wild, straining eyes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I thought that he would faint.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, why didn't you tell me, boy?
Chapter 40 of The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service holds 398 sentences, grouped into 80 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 398 sentences of The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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