Chapter 7 of Arizona Nights is here in full — 653 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Arizona Nights is here in full — 653 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Denton stood up straight and tall, looking. Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach. Behind us came Schwartz. We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point. "What is it?"
Chapter 7 of Arizona Nights is here in full — 653 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.”
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
From this reading “Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.”
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
From this reading “Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.”
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading “We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.”
inflected form of “grab” — take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading “Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.”
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
From this reading “We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.”
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.”
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In this reading “Denton stood up straight and tall, looking.”
pile up (debts or scores)
In this reading “Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.”
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 Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Denton stood up straight and tall, looking.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind us came Schwartz.
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Behind us came Schwartz.
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Denton stood up straight and tall, looking.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
inflected form of “grab” — take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
an opening into or through something
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What is it?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "What is it?"
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Denton stood up straight and tall, looking.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Behind us came Schwartz.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Denton stood up straight and tall, looking.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Denton stood up straight and tall, looking.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading Denton stood up straight and tall, looking.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then he pulled his belt in a hole, grabbed my arm, and started to run up the long curve of the beach.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Denton stood up straight and tall, looking.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Behind us came Schwartz.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We ran near a mile, and then fell among some tules in an inlet at the farther point.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What is it?"
Chapter 7 of Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White holds 653 sentences, grouped into 131 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 7 holds 653 sentences of Arizona Nights, unabridged, divided into 131 reading sections.
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