Chapter 14 of The Young Surveyor is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Young Surveyor is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SNOWFOOT'S NEW OWNER. Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot! Co' jock! co' jock!" There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart. But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
Chapter 14 of The Young Surveyor is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of consuming food
From this reading “There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.”
enclose with a fence
From this reading “Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!”
past form of “heed” — pay close attention to; give heed to
From this reading “But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.”
a person trained to compete in sports
From this reading “Co' jock! co' jock!"”
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading “SNOWFOOT'S NEW OWNER.”
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
From this reading “There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.”
past form of “prick” — make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
From this reading “But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.”
make whistling sounds
From this reading “Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!”
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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 Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading Co' jock! co' jock!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
the act of consuming food
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
enclose with a fence
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
past form of “heed” — pay close attention to; give heed to
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
a person trained to compete in sports
From this reading Co' jock! co' jock!"
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
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 Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
held up in the air
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading SNOWFOOT'S NEW OWNER.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
and nothing more
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
above and across; more than
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading SNOWFOOT'S NEW OWNER.
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
past form of “prick” — make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
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From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SNOWFOOT'S NEW OWNER.
having a supporting base
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were two horses feeding in the pasture, not far apart.
make a characteristic sound, of a horse
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
make whistling sounds
From this reading Jack left the gun standing by the fence, leaped over, gave a familiar whistle, and called, "Come, Snowfoot!
in the company of; together with
From this reading But only one heeded the call, lifted head, pricked up ears, and answered with a whinny.
Chapter 14 of The Young Surveyor by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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 14 holds 157 sentences of The Young Surveyor, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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