Chapter 10 of The Voice of the Pack is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Voice of the Pack is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And what would you and your father do, if I took it? You can't get him into a tree. You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them. Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird. My mind's made up.
Chapter 10 of The Voice of the Pack is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.”
make by combining materials and parts
From this reading “You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.”
cause fear in
From this reading “You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.”
possessive form of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
From this reading “My mind's made up.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.”
medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
From this reading “Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.”
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading “You can't get him into a tree.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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to consider or examine in speech or writing
In this reading “Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.”
In this reading “You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.”
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 You can't get him into a tree.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.
make by combining materials and parts
From this reading You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You can't get him into a tree.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.
divisible by two
From this reading Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
start firing a weapon
From this reading You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.
cause fear in
From this reading You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You can't get him into a tree.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You can't get him into a tree.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading You can't get him into a tree.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading My mind's made up.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.
possessive form of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
From this reading My mind's made up.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My mind's made up.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.
medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
From this reading Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Please don't even talk about this matter, Snowbird.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You can't build a big enough fire to frighten them.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading You can't get him into a tree.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading My mind's made up.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And what would you and your father do, if I took it?
Chapter 10 of The Voice of the Pack by Edison Marshall holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 401 sentences of The Voice of the Pack, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Voice of the Pack by Edison Marshall exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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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