Chapter 2 of Yellow Thunder, Our Little Indian Cousin is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Yellow Thunder, Our Little Indian Cousin is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house. They quickly destroyed it. But the beavers? What had become of them? They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.
Chapter 2 of Yellow Thunder, Our Little Indian Cousin is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
plural of “beaver” — the soft brown fur of the beaver
From this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
spoiled or ruined or demolished
From this reading “They quickly destroyed it.”
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
plural of “tool” — an implement used in the practice of a vocation
From this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
In this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
hold a review (of troops)
In this reading “Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.”
In this reading “They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
plural of “beaver” — the soft brown fur of the beaver
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading What had become of them?
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the beavers?
spoiled or ruined or demolished
From this reading They quickly destroyed it.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had become of them?
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They quickly destroyed it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
above and across; more than
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
with speed
From this reading They quickly destroyed it.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading They did not stay in their house to have it broken down over their heads.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What had become of them?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They quickly destroyed it.
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
plural of “tool” — an implement used in the practice of a vocation
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had become of them?
in or at the place that
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
during the time that
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Yellow Thunder was told to remain where he was on the bank, while the rest of the party took heavy tools in their hands and went over to the beavers' house.
Chapter 2 of Yellow Thunder, Our Little Indian Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade holds 475 sentences, grouped into 95 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.
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