Chapter 15 of The Young Forester is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Young Forester is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hands up!” Jim Williams's voice! It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning. But I wheeled quickly. Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
Chapter 15 of The Young Forester is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.”
a partially opened flower
From this reading “It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.”
with speed
From this reading “But I wheeled quickly.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.”
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading “But I wheeled quickly.”
possessive form of “williams” — United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953)
From this reading “Jim Williams's voice!”
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
a partially opened flower
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I wheeled quickly.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “Hands up!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I wheeled quickly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jim Williams's voice!
with speed
From this reading But I wheeled quickly.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Bill, too, had his hands high in the air.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Hands up!”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Jim Williams's voice!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading But I wheeled quickly.
possessive form of “williams” — United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953)
From this reading Jim Williams's voice!
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It was strange to see Herky and Bud flash up their arms without turning.
Chapter 15 of The Young Forester by Zane Grey holds 238 sentences, grouped into 48 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 15 holds 238 sentences of The Young Forester, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The Young Forester by Zane Grey exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 238 sentences, grouped into 48 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 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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