Chapter 8 of With Trapper Jim in the North Woods is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of With Trapper Jim in the North Woods is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SMOKING THE INTRUDER OUT. "A polecat!" gasped Steve. "Thunder! What a nice mess we're in." "That's just what," echoed Bandy-legs.
Chapter 8 of With Trapper Jim in the North Woods is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading “"That's just what," echoed Bandy-legs.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “"A polecat!" gasped Steve.”
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
From this reading “SMOKING THE INTRUDER OUT.”
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading “What a nice mess we're in."”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “What a nice mess we're in."”
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
From this reading “"A polecat!" gasped Steve.”
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
From this reading “SMOKING THE INTRUDER OUT.”
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading “"Thunder!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A polecat!" gasped Steve.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's just what," echoed Bandy-legs.
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading "That's just what," echoed Bandy-legs.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading "A polecat!" gasped Steve.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What a nice mess we're in."
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
From this reading SMOKING THE INTRUDER OUT.
and nothing more
From this reading "That's just what," echoed Bandy-legs.
a state of confusion and disorderliness
From this reading What a nice mess we're in."
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading What a nice mess we're in."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading SMOKING THE INTRUDER OUT.
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
From this reading "A polecat!" gasped Steve.
the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
From this reading SMOKING THE INTRUDER OUT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A polecat!" gasped Steve.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's just what," echoed Bandy-legs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SMOKING THE INTRUDER OUT.
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading "Thunder!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a nice mess we're in."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a nice mess we're in."
Chapter 8 of With Trapper Jim in the North Woods by Lawrence J. Leslie holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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 138 sentences of With Trapper Jim in the North Woods, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of With Trapper Jim in the North Woods by Lawrence J. Leslie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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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