Chapter 8 of When Santiago Fell is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of When Santiago Fell is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANDRES. "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm. "A cry of some kind," I answered. "Listen!" We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
Chapter 8 of When Santiago Fell is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading “We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.”
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “"What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “"A cry of some kind," I answered.”
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading “We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.”
hear with intention
From this reading “"Listen!"”
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.”
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading “"What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.”
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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In this reading “We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.”
In this reading “We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.”
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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 "A cry of some kind," I answered.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANDRES.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "A cry of some kind," I answered.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "A cry of some kind," I answered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "A cry of some kind," I answered.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading "A cry of some kind," I answered.
hear with intention
From this reading "Listen!"
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A cry of some kind," I answered.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "A cry of some kind," I answered.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What is that?" ejaculated Alano, stopping short and catching my arm.
which person or people
From this reading We stepped behind some trees, to avoid any enemies who might be about, and remained silent.
Chapter 8 of When Santiago Fell by Edward Stratemeyer holds 89 sentences, grouped into 18 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 89 sentences of When Santiago Fell, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of When Santiago Fell by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 89 sentences, grouped into 18 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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