Chapter 8 of The Young Alaskans on the Missouri is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Young Alaskans on the Missouri is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HO! FOR THE PLATTE! Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to. He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson. "It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.
Chapter 8 of The Young Alaskans on the Missouri is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading “Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.”
-ing form of “declare” — state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.”
granted exemption
From this reading “Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.”
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.”
a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling
From this reading “He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.”
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading “He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.”
a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
From this reading “FOR THE PLATTE!”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “"It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.”
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 “He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.”
In this reading “Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.”
In this reading “He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.”
In this reading “Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.”
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 Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
(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 He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
-ing form of “declare” — state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
granted exemption
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading FOR THE PLATTE!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading HO!
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading "It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
From this reading FOR THE PLATTE!
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading "It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.
on the contrary
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FOR THE PLATTE!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading "It's mighty quiet on this trip," said Jesse.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Uncle Dick excused himself from the party for a time in the evening, having some business to attend to.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He left the three boys in their room at a hotel, declaring they all would rather sleep on the houseboat with Johnson.
Chapter 8 of The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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 8 holds 102 sentences of The Young Alaskans on the Missouri, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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.
Work through the 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 21 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4765 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26367 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #26367, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 397 minutes of reading across 953 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Young Alaskans on the Missouri section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 33 chapters of The Young Alaskans on the Missouri to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Young Alaskans on the Missouri, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
