Chapter 39 of The Wolf-Cub is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 39 of The Wolf-Cub is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms. "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada! Come, Jacinto; lend us your aid. Get horses! We must overtake the hidalgo doctor!"
Chapter 39 of The Wolf-Cub is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
From this reading “"By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.”
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
From this reading “"By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.”
a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492
From this reading “"There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “"By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.”
bestow a quality on
From this reading “Come, Jacinto; lend us your aid.”
-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “"By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.”
catch up with and possibly overtake
From this reading “We must overtake the hidalgo doctor!"”
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading “"By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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 "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading Come, Jacinto; lend us your aid.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come, Jacinto; lend us your aid.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading We must overtake the hidalgo doctor!"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get horses!
a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We must overtake the hidalgo doctor!"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Get horses!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, Jacinto; lend us your aid.
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
bestow a quality on
From this reading Come, Jacinto; lend us your aid.
-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must overtake the hidalgo doctor!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
catch up with and possibly overtake
From this reading We must overtake the hidalgo doctor!"
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
with tenderness; in a tender manner
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "By gad!" exclaimed Carson, leaping to the side of Felicidad and lifting her tenderly in his arms.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Come, Jacinto; lend us your aid.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must overtake the hidalgo doctor!"
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
but in spite of that
From this reading "There will yet be a wedding down in the casa of Torreblanca y Moncada outside Granada!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come, Jacinto; lend us your aid.
Chapter 39 of The Wolf-Cub by Patrick Casey holds 160 sentences, grouped into 32 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 39 holds 160 sentences of The Wolf-Cub, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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