Chapter 18 of Tom Slade at Bear Mountain is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of Tom Slade at Bear Mountain is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And here you have Tom Slade all over. He was not in the least bit angry. But he was curious. Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts. Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
Chapter 18 of Tom Slade at Bear Mountain is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading “Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “But he was curious.”
being all around the edges; enclosing
From this reading “Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.”
a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
From this reading “Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.”
moving with great haste
From this reading “Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.”
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 was not in the least bit angry.”
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.
(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 And here you have Tom Slade all over.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And here you have Tom Slade all over.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading He was not in the least bit angry.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading He was not in the least bit angry.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he was curious.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading But he was curious.
being all around the edges; enclosing
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And here you have Tom Slade all over.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was not in the least bit angry.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading And here you have Tom Slade all over.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
cause to move by striking
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
moving with great haste
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was not in the least bit angry.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
and nothing more
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading He was not in the least bit angry.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was not in the least bit angry.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
above and across; more than
From this reading And here you have Tom Slade all over.
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And here you have Tom Slade all over.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was not in the least bit angry.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
male cat
From this reading And here you have Tom Slade all over.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading Instead of hurrying straight back to the Gulch, he hit into the Hawkeye Spoke trail of the scouts.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was not in the least bit angry.
a Caucasian
From this reading Just north of him it met the encircling or White Bar Trail.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And here you have Tom Slade all over.
Chapter 18 of Tom Slade at Bear Mountain by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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 18 holds 48 sentences of Tom Slade at Bear Mountain, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
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