Chapter 9 of The Trapper's Daughter is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Trapper's Daughter is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MEETING. The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven. Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint. The Gazelle gave a start of joy. "Oh, I understand," she said.
Chapter 9 of The Trapper's Daughter is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “explanation” — a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
From this reading “The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.”
small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
From this reading “The Gazelle gave a start of joy.”
existing or coming before
From this reading “The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.”
take up or begin anew
From this reading “The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.”
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading “Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.”
a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
From this reading “Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.”
(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
From this reading “Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.”
a ray of sunlight
From this reading “Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.”
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In this reading “Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.”
In this reading “The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
plural of “explanation” — a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The Gazelle gave a start of joy.
small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
From this reading The Gazelle gave a start of joy.
a young female
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I understand," she said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading The Gazelle gave a start of joy.
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 The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading THE MEETING.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, I understand," she said.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
make a painting
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
existing or coming before
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
take up or begin anew
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Oh, I understand," she said.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, I understand," she said.
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The Gazelle gave a start of joy.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
a ray of sunlight
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MEETING.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading "Oh, I understand," she said.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
in or at the place that
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The preceding explanations given, we will resume our story at the point where we left it at the end of chapter seven.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading Sunbeam, without speaking, offered the Spanish girl a piece of paper, a species of wooden skewer, and a shell filled with blue paint.
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