Chapter 21 of Bonanza: A story of the Gold Trail is here in full — 292 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Bonanza: A story of the Gold Trail is here in full — 292 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man. She slipped an arm under his head. Icy sleet encrusted his clothes. It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows. It matted his lashes and small Vandyke beard.
Chapter 21 of Bonanza: A story of the Gold Trail is here in full — 292 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having a hardened crust as a covering
From this reading “Icy sleet encrusted his clothes.”
plural of “icicle” — ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
From this reading “It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.”
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading “Icy sleet encrusted his clothes.”
plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
From this reading “It matted his lashes and small Vandyke beard.”
a useful or valuable quality
From this reading “TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.”
partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
From this reading “Icy sleet encrusted his clothes.”
gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
From this reading “TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.”
Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)
From this reading “It matted his lashes and small Vandyke beard.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.”
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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 TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She slipped an arm under his head.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.
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 She slipped an arm under his head.
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
From this reading It matted his lashes and small Vandyke beard.
next to; at the side of
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
clothing in general
From this reading Icy sleet encrusted his clothes.
inflected form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.
having a hardened crust as a covering
From this reading Icy sleet encrusted his clothes.
plural of “eyebrow” — the arch of hair above each eye
From this reading It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She slipped an arm under his head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She slipped an arm under his head.
plural of “icicle” — ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
From this reading It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
From this reading Icy sleet encrusted his clothes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.
plural of “knee” — hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
From this reading It matted his lashes and small Vandyke beard.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
tangled in a dense mass
From this reading It matted his lashes and small Vandyke beard.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
a useful or valuable quality
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She slipped an arm under his head.
partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
From this reading Icy sleet encrusted his clothes.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading She slipped an arm under his head.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It matted his lashes and small Vandyke beard.
gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
moving very fast
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It clung in icicles to his hair and eyebrows.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She slipped an arm under his head.
Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)
From this reading It matted his lashes and small Vandyke beard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
in the company of; together with
From this reading TWO PLUS ONE MAKES THREE With a swift movement of her supple body Vicky was on her knees beside the man.
Chapter 21 of Bonanza: A story of the Gold Trail by William MacLeod Raine holds 292 sentences, grouped into 59 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 21 holds 292 sentences of Bonanza: A story of the Gold Trail, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
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