Chapter 9 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The old man turned to his horse. “Hurry up, little gal.” In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand. “You are coming over soon?” “Just as soon as I can.”
Chapter 9 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading ““You are coming over soon?””
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
From this reading ““Hurry up, little gal.””
a young female
From this reading “In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.”
possessive form of “hale” — 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 “In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “The old man turned to his horse.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading ““Hurry up, little gal.””
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are coming over soon?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Just as soon as I can.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Just as soon as I can.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “You are coming over soon?”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
From this reading “Hurry up, little gal.”
a young female
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
possessive form of “hale” — 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 In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The old man turned to his horse.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The old man turned to his horse.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “Hurry up, little gal.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Just as soon as I can.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
and nothing more
From this reading “Just as soon as I can.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Hurry up, little gal.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The old man turned to his horse.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old man turned to his horse.
above and across; more than
From this reading “You are coming over soon?”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
in the near future
From this reading “You are coming over soon?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The old man turned to his horse.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old man turned to his horse.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The old man turned to his horse.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Hurry up, little gal.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
at the time that
From this reading In a few minutes they were ready, and the girl looked long into Hale's face when he took her hand.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are coming over soon?”
Chapter 9 of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John, Jr. Fox holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 9 holds 434 sentences of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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