Chapter 10 of Timber-Wolf is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Timber-Wolf is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all. And you...." Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly: "No; he is not dead. All along I judged that unlikely.
Chapter 10 of Timber-Wolf is here in full — 262 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:”
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:”
past form of “judge” — determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading “All along I judged that unlikely.”
with low volume
From this reading “Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:”
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading “"So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:”
very small
From this reading “Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:”
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
From this reading “All along I judged that unlikely.”
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In this reading “Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:”
be oriented in a certain direction
In this reading “Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:”
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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 Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
later than; following
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
(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 "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading All along I judged that unlikely.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And you...."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
opinion or judgment
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
start firing a weapon
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "No; he is not dead.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All along I judged that unlikely.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
past form of “judge” — determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading All along I judged that unlikely.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
not any; not one
From this reading "No; he is not dead.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
with low volume
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All along I judged that unlikely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "So the sheriff, Jim Taggart, is not dead, after all.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
very small
From this reading Deveril looked across their tiny fire at her, a strange expression in his eyes, and said quietly:
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
From this reading All along I judged that unlikely.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And you...."
Chapter 10 of Timber-Wolf by Jackson Gregory holds 262 sentences, grouped into 53 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 10 holds 262 sentences of Timber-Wolf, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Timber-Wolf by Jackson Gregory exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 262 sentences, grouped into 53 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.
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