Chapter 2 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Kill! Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again. But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked. They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low. Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.
Chapter 2 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “arrow” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.”
plural of “bullet” — a projectile that is fired from a gun
From this reading “They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.”
marked by extreme anger
From this reading “Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again.”
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading “Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.”
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading “Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.”
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading “But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading “Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again.”
plural of “warrior” — someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
From this reading “But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.”
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 “Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.”
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
In this reading “But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.”
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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 They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.
anew
From this reading Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.
plural of “arrow” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.
plural of “bullet” — a projectile that is fired from a gun
From this reading They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
marked by extreme anger
From this reading Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
From this reading Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.
set up or found
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Kill!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Soon the fire and the smoke had passed beyond the mule fort.
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading They shot their bullets and a few arrows, and lay low.
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
in the near future
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Kill!” shrieked the two squaws, enraged again.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
plural of “warrior” — someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading But the warriors gave up, as soon as they found that their smoke scheme had not worked.
Chapter 2 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 2 holds 413 sentences of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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