Chapter 3 of The Wide Awake Third Reader is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Wide Awake Third Reader is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat. One big wolf ran up to the sledge. Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might. The wolf howled and turned back. Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
Chapter 3 of The Wide Awake Third Reader is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quantity a cask will hold
From this reading “Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.”
past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading “The wolf howled and turned back.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.”
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading “Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.”
transport in a sleigh
From this reading “One big wolf ran up to the sledge.”
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading “Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.”
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “One big wolf ran up to the sledge.”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.”
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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In this reading “Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.”
In this reading “Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.”
In this reading “Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.”
In this reading “Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.”
In this reading “One big wolf ran up to the sledge.”
pile up (debts or scores)
In this reading “One big wolf ran up to the sledge.”
force to leave or move out
In this reading “Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.”
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 Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The wolf howled and turned back.
have
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading One big wolf ran up to the sledge.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
the quantity a cask will hold
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading The wolf howled and turned back.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One big wolf ran up to the sledge.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
above and across; more than
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading One big wolf ran up to the sledge.
transport in a sleigh
From this reading One big wolf ran up to the sledge.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One big wolf ran up to the sledge.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The wolf howled and turned back.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading One big wolf ran up to the sledge.
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ahmow leaned over and struck him with the whip with all his might.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading One big wolf ran up to the sledge.
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading Then, as the wolves came nearer, he jumped into the cask of meat.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Another wolf would have killed one of the dogs, but Ahmow threw out a big piece of bear meat.
Chapter 3 of The Wide Awake Third Reader by Etta Blaisdell [Compiler] McDonald holds 500 sentences, grouped into 100 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 3 holds 500 sentences of The Wide Awake Third Reader, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Wide Awake Third Reader by Etta Blaisdell [Compiler] McDonald exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 500 sentences, grouped into 100 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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