Chapter 1 of Westy Martin is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Westy Martin is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air. Followed several seconds of deathlike silence. Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest. Again silence. A silence, tense, portentous.
Chapter 1 of Westy Martin is here in full — 27 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the formal act of approving
From this reading “Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.”
United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
From this reading “Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.”
of less size or importance
From this reading “Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.”
of momentous or ominous significance
From this reading “A silence, tense, portentous.”
let for money
From this reading “Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.”
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading “A silence, tense, portentous.”
branch out in a twiglike manner
From this reading “Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.”
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 “Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.”
In this reading “Followed several seconds of deathlike silence.”
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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 Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
anew
From this reading Again silence.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
the formal act of approving
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
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From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
a youthful male person
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
having the physical appearance of death
From this reading Followed several seconds of deathlike silence.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Followed several seconds of deathlike silence.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.
United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
of less size or importance
From this reading Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
of momentous or ominous significance
From this reading A silence, tense, portentous.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
let for money
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Followed several seconds of deathlike silence.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading Followed several seconds of deathlike silence.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Followed several seconds of deathlike silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
not in physical motion
From this reading Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading A silence, tense, portentous.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.
male cat
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
branch out in a twiglike manner
From this reading Then the lesser sound of a twig falling in the still forest.
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Author of the Tom Slade Books the Roy Blakeley Books the Pee-Wee Harris Books Published with the Approval of The Boy Scouts of America Made in the United States of America A quick, sharp report rent the air.
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