Chapter 21 of Track's End is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Track's End is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End. The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then: "How are you, Jud?" said Pike. "Back again, you see. Hope yer feeling all right."
Chapter 21 of Track's End is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:”
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading “The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:”
plural of “outlaw” — someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
From this reading “What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.”
go across or through
From this reading “What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.”
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading “"How are you, Jud?" said Pike.”
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.”
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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 The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:
anew
From this reading "Back again, you see.
(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 Hope yer feeling all right."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "How are you, Jud?" said Pike.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Back again, you see.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Hope yer feeling all right."
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Hope yer feeling all right."
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How are you, Jud?" said Pike.
the sound of laughing
From this reading The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
plural of “outlaw” — someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
go across or through
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading "How are you, Jud?" said Pike.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Hope yer feeling all right."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "How are you, Jud?" said Pike.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Back again, you see.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:
a special situation
From this reading The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first thing I heard was a loud laugh, and then:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
in the company of; together with
From this reading What the Outlaws do on their second Visit: with the awful Hours I pass through, and how I find myself at the End.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hope yer feeling all right."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How are you, Jud?" said Pike.
Chapter 21 of Track's End by Hayden Carruth holds 72 sentences, grouped into 15 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 21 holds 72 sentences of Track's End, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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