Chapter 17 of The Woods-Rider is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Woods-Rider is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately. “How could it have got loose?” Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw. “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly. “We were fools to leave it here.
Chapter 17 of The Woods-Rider is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading ““It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.”
with great urgency
From this reading “WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.”
plural of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading ““We were fools to leave it here.”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading ““How could it have got loose?””
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading “Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.”
by chance
From this reading “WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.”
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading “Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.”
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.
In this reading ““How could it have got loose?””
In this reading “WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “How could it have got loose?”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
with great urgency
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
plural of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “We were fools to leave it here.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
destroyed or killed
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “How could it have got loose?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “How could it have got loose?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “We were fools to leave it here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How could it have got loose?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
go away from a place
From this reading “We were fools to leave it here.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “How could it have got loose?”
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
having a point
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
by chance
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “It’s been cut in the night,” he said bitterly.
cut with a saw
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading WAR ON THE RIVER “It can’t possibly be gone!” exclaimed Joe, desperately.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We were fools to leave it here.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We were fools to leave it here.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Bob pointed to the dead timber, which showed the fresh marks of ax and saw.
Chapter 17 of The Woods-Rider by Frank Lillie Pollock holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
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