Chapter 3 of Annette, the Metis Spy is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Annette, the Metis Spy is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LITTLE MAIDEN'S BRAVERY. She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol. "Who dares call upon me to stop? Have I not the right of way on these prairies?" "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
Chapter 3 of Annette, the Metis Spy is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading “THE LITTLE MAIDEN'S BRAVERY.”
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
From this reading “She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.”
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “"Who dares call upon me to stop?”
past form of “grasp” — hold firmly
From this reading “She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.”
a man skilled in equitation
From this reading “"I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.”
plural of “prairie” — a treeless grassy plain
From this reading “Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"”
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading “"I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.”
control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading “She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading THE LITTLE MAIDEN'S BRAVERY.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Who dares call upon me to stop?
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
plural of “dare” — a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading "Who dares call upon me to stop?
the organ of sight
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
a young female
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
past form of “grasp” — hold firmly
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
a man skilled in equitation
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE LITTLE MAIDEN'S BRAVERY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE LITTLE MAIDEN'S BRAVERY.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Who dares call upon me to stop?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
plural of “prairie” — a treeless grassy plain
From this reading Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She pulled her rein, but her eye flashed and she grasped the butt of her pistol.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "Who dares call upon me to stop?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LITTLE MAIDEN'S BRAVERY.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Who dares call upon me to stop?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Who dares call upon me to stop?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Have I not the right of way on these prairies?"
which person or people
From this reading "Who dares call upon me to stop?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I call you to stop," replied the horseman, riding up close to the girl, and pushing back his hat.
Chapter 3 of Annette, the Metis Spy by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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 3 holds 229 sentences of Annette, the Metis Spy, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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