Chapter 9 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door. At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness. “It’s Harman!” Carl cried. “I’ve come to pay your money.”
Chapter 9 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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absence of light or illumination
From this reading “At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.”
shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks
From this reading “A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading ““I’ve come to pay your money.””
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading “At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.”
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading “At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.”
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In this reading “At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.”
In this reading “At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.”
In this reading “A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
anew
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “I’ve come to pay your money.”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Carl cried.
in an ill-natured manner
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s Harman!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ve come to pay your money.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s Harman!”
immediately past
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “I’ve come to pay your money.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “I’ve come to pay your money.”
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
on the contrary
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RUN OF LUCK Again and again Carl hammered at the door.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I’ve come to pay your money.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading At last some one raised a window in the second story, and a voice called down rather crossly through the darkness.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’ve come to pay your money.”
Chapter 9 of Wilderness Honey by Frank Lillie Pollock holds 234 sentences, grouped into 47 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 9 holds 234 sentences of Wilderness Honey, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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