Chapter 13 of The Young Surveyor is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Young Surveyor is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN. "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house. "I thought you had to go to the spring for water." "So we do," said Link. "Why don't you use the well?"
Chapter 13 of The Young Surveyor is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading “WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.”
an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
From this reading “"A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.”
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading “"So we do," said Link.”
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading “WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.”
the season of growth
From this reading “"I thought you had to go to the spring for water."”
the act of using
From this reading “"Why don't you use the well?"”
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 "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
From this reading "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "So we do," said Link.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why don't you use the well?"
start firing a weapon
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
a small worthless amount
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading "So we do," said Link.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So we do," said Link.
the season of growth
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
the act of using
From this reading "Why don't you use the well?"
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "So we do," said Link.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "A well?" said Jack, as they passed a curb behind the house.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I thought you had to go to the spring for water."
Chapter 13 of The Young Surveyor by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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 108 sentences of The Young Surveyor, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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