Chapter 30 of The Valley of the Moon is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The Valley of the Moon is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time. “Wait till Sunday,” he said to Saxon. “I'll give that poet a run for his money. Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now. I've got the head confidence.
Chapter 30 of The Valley of the Moon is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.”
plural of “bother” — an angry disturbance
From this reading “Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now.”
more quickly
From this reading “Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.”
past form of “race” — move hurridly
From this reading “Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.”
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
From this reading ““Wait till Sunday,” he said to Saxon.”
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading “Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.”
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading “Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.”
the act of testing something
From this reading “Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.”
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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 “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
plural of “bother” — an angry disturbance
From this reading Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now.
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading I've got the head confidence.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
more quickly
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
set up or found
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I've got the head confidence.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I've got the head confidence.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've got the head confidence.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
above and across; more than
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
past form of “race” — move hurridly
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Wait till Sunday,” he said to Saxon.
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
From this reading “Wait till Sunday,” he said to Saxon.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading “Wait till Sunday,” he said to Saxon.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I'll give that poet a run for his money.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now.
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
up to a particular time
From this reading “Wait till Sunday,” he said to Saxon.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Wait till Sunday,” he said to Saxon.
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
the act of testing something
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Wait till Sunday,” he said to Saxon.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Every half tide Billy raced out the south wall over the dangerous course he and Hall had traveled, and each trial found him doing it in faster time.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, they ain't a place that bothers me now.
Chapter 30 of The Valley of the Moon by Jack London holds 250 sentences, grouped into 50 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 250 sentences of The Valley of the Moon, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
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