Chapter 3 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I left my horse in town--he's lame.” “Yes, I seed you thar.” Hale could not resist: “Yes, and I seed you.” The old man almost turned. “Whar?”
Chapter 3 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 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.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “The old man almost turned.”
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading “Hale could not resist: “Yes, and I seed you.””
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading ““I left my horse in town--he's lame.””
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
From this reading ““I left my horse in town--he's lame.””
elude, especially in a baffling way
From this reading “Hale could not resist: “Yes, and I seed you.””
a small hard fruit
From this reading ““Yes, I seed you thar.””
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading ““I left my horse in town--he's lame.””
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “The old man almost turned.”
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading The old man almost turned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hale could not resist: “Yes, and I seed you.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Hale could not resist: “Yes, and I seed you.”
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading Hale could not resist: “Yes, and I seed you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I left my horse in town--he's lame.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “I left my horse in town--he's lame.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I left my horse in town--he's lame.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I left my horse in town--he's lame.”
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
From this reading “I left my horse in town--he's lame.”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “I left my horse in town--he's lame.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The old man almost turned.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I left my horse in town--he's lame.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Hale could not resist: “Yes, and I seed you.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old man almost turned.
elude, especially in a baffling way
From this reading Hale could not resist: “Yes, and I seed you.”
a small hard fruit
From this reading “Yes, I seed you thar.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, I seed you thar.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The old man almost turned.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “I left my horse in town--he's lame.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The old man almost turned.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Whar?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, I seed you thar.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Yes, I seed you thar.”
Chapter 3 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John, Jr. Fox holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 3 holds 425 sentences of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John, Jr. Fox exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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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