Chapter 30 of The Untamed is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The Untamed is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"LAUGH, DAMN IT!" She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck. "Shut up!" said Buck. "Talk soft. Better still, don't say nothin'!"
Chapter 30 of The Untamed is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
eagerly desirous
From this reading “She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.”
on or to one side
From this reading “She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.”
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading “She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.”
to strive with determination
From this reading “She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.”
used as expletives
From this reading “"LAUGH, DAMN IT!"”
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “"Shut up!" said Buck.”
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading “"Talk soft.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
eagerly desirous
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
on or to one side
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Better still, don't say nothin'!"
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
to strive with determination
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
used as expletives
From this reading "LAUGH, DAMN IT!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Better still, don't say nothin'!"
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "LAUGH, DAMN IT!"
the sound of laughing
From this reading "LAUGH, DAMN IT!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Better still, don't say nothin'!"
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Shut up!" said Buck.
express in words
From this reading Better still, don't say nothin'!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading "Shut up!" said Buck.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading "Talk soft.
not in physical motion
From this reading Better still, don't say nothin'!"
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "Talk soft.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She brushed her father's anxious arms aside and ran to Buck.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Shut up!" said Buck.
Chapter 30 of The Untamed by Max Brand holds 306 sentences, grouped into 62 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 30 holds 306 sentences of The Untamed, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 30 of The Untamed by Max Brand exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 306 sentences, grouped into 62 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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