Chapter 8 of Westy Martin is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Westy Martin is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him. The silent, treacherous marsh would consume him. He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know. Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing. Then he ceased to sink.
Chapter 8 of Westy Martin is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eat up completely, as with great appetite
From this reading “The silent, treacherous marsh would consume him.”
destroy completely
From this reading “He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.”
provoking horror
From this reading “Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.”
plural of “jaw” — the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
From this reading “He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.”
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading “The silent, treacherous marsh would consume him.”
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “Then he ceased to sink.”
past form of “swallow” — pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading “BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.”
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
From this reading “The silent, treacherous marsh would consume him.”
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.
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enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
In this reading “BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.”
In this reading “Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading Then he ceased to sink.
eat up completely, as with great appetite
From this reading The silent, treacherous marsh would consume him.
destroy completely
From this reading He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
provoking horror
From this reading Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.
plural of “jaw” — the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
From this reading He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
held dear
From this reading Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
From this reading The silent, treacherous marsh would consume him.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.
not any; not one
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading The silent, treacherous marsh would consume him.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Then he ceased to sink.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
past form of “swallow” — pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he ceased to sink.
a special situation
From this reading Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
From this reading The silent, treacherous marsh would consume him.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Nature, the quiet woods that he had loved, would do this frightful thing.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading He was in its jaws and it would devour him and the world would never know.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading BARRETT’S So this was to be the end; he would be swallowed up and no one would know what had become of him.
Chapter 8 of Westy Martin by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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 8 holds 63 sentences of Westy Martin, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
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