Chapter 6 of Apache devil is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Apache devil is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“That is all,” replied Geronimo. The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence. The night swallowed them. Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground. A girl looked after them and sighed.
Chapter 6 of Apache devil is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading “Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.”
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading “The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.”
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
From this reading ““That is all,” replied Geronimo.”
plural of “moccasin” — soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans
From this reading “The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.”
make a dry crackling sound
From this reading “The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “A girl looked after them and sighed.”
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading “The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.”
past form of “swallow” — pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading “The night swallowed them.”
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.
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In this reading “Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.”
In this reading “Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.”
In this reading “The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.”
keep under careful scrutiny
In this reading “A girl looked after them and sighed.”
In this reading “The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.”
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 A girl looked after them and sighed.
later than; following
From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.
(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 “That is all,” replied Geronimo.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.
of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.
a young female
From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.
plural of “moccasin” — soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The night swallowed them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.
make a dry crackling sound
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
past form of “swallow” — pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
From this reading The night swallowed them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The night swallowed them.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
Chapter 6 of Apache devil by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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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