Chapter 4 of A Texas Ranger is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of A Texas Ranger is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility. “So you've been lost! And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother. Ain't that luck for you? Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?
Chapter 4 of A Texas Ranger is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading “The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.”
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
From this reading “The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.”
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading “Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?”
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading “And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “Ain't that luck for you?”
evil or harmful in nature or influence
From this reading “The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.”
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.”
the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading “Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?”
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 The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ain't that luck for you?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “So you've been lost!
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ain't that luck for you?
set up or found
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
From this reading Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading “So you've been lost!
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading Ain't that luck for you?
evil or harmful in nature or influence
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
above and across; more than
From this reading Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So you've been lost!
the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ain't that luck for you?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
up to a particular time
From this reading Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The snarl gave way slowly to a grim more malign than his open hostility.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ain't that luck for you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So you've been lost!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And now you're found--come safe back to your loving brother.
Chapter 4 of A Texas Ranger by William MacLeod Raine holds 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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 4 holds 213 sentences of A Texas Ranger, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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