Chapter 5 of Young Alaskans in the Far North is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Young Alaskans in the Far North is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Fort Norman is on a high bluff. The H. B. Company has put in some stairs. Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur. We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets. There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.
Chapter 5 of Young Alaskans in the Far North is here in full — 382 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism
From this reading “There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.”
a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
From this reading “"Fort Norman is on a high bluff.”
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.”
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading “Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.”
plural of “good” — benefit
From this reading “Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.”
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading “"Fort Norman is on a high bluff.”
buying or selling securities or commodities
From this reading “We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.”
plural of “trinket” — cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
From this reading “We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.”
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 "Fort Norman is on a high bluff.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.
a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism
From this reading There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
From this reading "Fort Norman is on a high bluff.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading "Fort Norman is on a high bluff.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.
plural of “good” — benefit
From this reading Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading "Fort Norman is on a high bluff.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India
From this reading We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Fort Norman is on a high bluff.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)
From this reading "Fort Norman is on a high bluff.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Fort Norman is on a high bluff.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The H. B. Company has put in some stairs.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is an Anglican church here, a very small building.
buying or selling securities or commodities
From this reading We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.
plural of “trinket” — cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
From this reading We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.
precisely as stated
From this reading Not very many buildings, very little goods, and little fur.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We did some trading with the Indians for trinkets.
Chapter 5 of Young Alaskans in the Far North by Emerson Hough holds 382 sentences, grouped into 77 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 5 holds 382 sentences of Young Alaskans in the Far North, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
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