Chapter 1 of The Tree-Dwellers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Tree-Dwellers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XI. THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves? Do hogs have tusks now? Can you think why the wild hogs were not as fat as our hogs? _How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young_ Sharptooth watched the wild hogs every day.
Chapter 1 of The Tree-Dwellers is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “Can you think why the wild hogs were not as fat as our hogs?”
plural of “hog” — a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
From this reading “THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?”
kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss
From this reading “THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?”
plural of “tusk” — a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
From this reading “Do hogs have tusks now?”
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading “_How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young_ Sharptooth watched the wild hogs every day.”
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Can you think why the wild hogs were not as fat as our hogs?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading _How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young_ Sharptooth watched the wild hogs every day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do hogs have tusks now?
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading _How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young_ Sharptooth watched the wild hogs every day.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading Can you think why the wild hogs were not as fat as our hogs?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Do hogs have tusks now?
plural of “hog” — a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Can you think why the wild hogs were not as fat as our hogs?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Do hogs have tusks now?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Can you think why the wild hogs were not as fat as our hogs?
kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young_ Sharptooth watched the wild hogs every day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young_ Sharptooth watched the wild hogs every day.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
plural of “tusk” — a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
From this reading Do hogs have tusks now?
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading _How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young_ Sharptooth watched the wild hogs every day.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Can you think why the wild hogs were not as fat as our hogs?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Can you think why the wild hogs were not as fat as our hogs?
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
From this reading XI.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Can you think how the wild hogs protected themselves?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading _How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young_ Sharptooth watched the wild hogs every day.
Chapter 1 of The Tree-Dwellers by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 1 holds 437 sentences of The Tree-Dwellers, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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