Chapter 19 of Wildfire is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of Wildfire is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer. Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm. "Lin! It's nothing!" she was saying, earnestly. "Never touched a bone!"
Chapter 19 of Wildfire is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the capacity to attract and hold something
From this reading “Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.”
a blemish made by dirt
From this reading “A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.”
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
From this reading “"Never touched a bone!"”
comparative of “clear” — readily apparent to the mind
From this reading “A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.”
United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
From this reading “"Lin!”
above your head; in the sky
From this reading “A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.”
a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration
From this reading “Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.”
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading “A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.”
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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 darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
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 Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
the capacity to attract and hold something
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
a blemish made by dirt
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
From this reading "Never touched a bone!"
comparative of “clear” — readily apparent to the mind
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
in a serious manner
From this reading It's nothing!" she was saying, earnestly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's nothing!" she was saying, earnestly.
the act of departing
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
From this reading "Lin!
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never touched a bone!"
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It's nothing!" she was saying, earnestly.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
above and across; more than
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
above your head; in the sky
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading It's nothing!" she was saying, earnestly.
a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It's nothing!" she was saying, earnestly.
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A darkness, like the streaming clouds overhead, seemed to blot out Slone's sight, and then passed away, leaving it clearer.
having come into contact
From this reading "Never touched a bone!"
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lucy was bending over him, binding a scarf round his shoulder and under his arm.
Chapter 19 of Wildfire by Zane Grey holds 240 sentences, grouped into 48 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 19 holds 240 sentences of Wildfire, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
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