Chapter 13 of The Woods-Rider is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Woods-Rider is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared. It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island. “He’s coming to see us!” Bob exclaimed. “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
Chapter 13 of The Woods-Rider is here in full — 259 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “encounter” — come together
From this reading “It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.”
to travel for the purpose of discovery
From this reading “It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.”
someone who hunts game
From this reading “It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.”
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading “PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared.”
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading ““He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.””
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading “PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared.”
plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot
From this reading ““He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.””
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as supposed or expected
In this reading “It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading Bob exclaimed.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “He’s coming to see us!”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
past form of “encounter” — come together
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Bob exclaimed.
to travel for the purpose of discovery
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s coming to see us!”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
someone who hunts game
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “He’s coming to see us!”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “He’s coming to see us!”
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading PIRATES’ TREASURE They all stared.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He’s coming to see us!”
plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “He’ll get stung to death if he walks up here like that.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was, sure enough, the hunter whom the boys had encountered in their exploration of the island.
Chapter 13 of The Woods-Rider by Frank Lillie Pollock holds 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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 13 holds 259 sentences of The Woods-Rider, unabridged, divided into 52 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Woods-Rider by Frank Lillie Pollock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 259 sentences, grouped into 52 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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