Chapter 7 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes.” “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce. And when you get to the end you won’t find much. That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented. From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
Chapter 7 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
superlative of “big” — above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.”
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
From this reading ““Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.”
superlative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading ““Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.”
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
From this reading “That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.”
past form of “invent” — come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
From this reading “That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading ““Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.”
only a very short time before
From this reading ““Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.”
past form of “tackle” — accept as a challenge
From this reading ““Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.”
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 “From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.””
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
superlative of “big” — above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading And when you get to the end you won’t find much.
at any time
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading And when you get to the end you won’t find much.
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And when you get to the end you won’t find much.
the act of departing
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
coins made of gold
From this reading That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.
superlative of “hard” — with effort or force or vigor
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
From this reading That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.
past form of “invent” — come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
From this reading That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
come together
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading And when you get to the end you won’t find much.
not any; not one
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.
past form of “tackle” — accept as a challenge
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That story about gold is the biggest hoax ever invented.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
in or at that place or location
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And when you get to the end you won’t find much.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
at the time that
From this reading And when you get to the end you won’t find much.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And when you get to the end you won’t find much.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading From now on you’ll meet about as many people turned back as there are going on.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wall, you’re on the hardest trail you ever tackled, mister; no wood, no water, no forage, and game mighty scarce.
Chapter 7 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 397 sentences of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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