Chapter 14 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Back home. I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me. She’s poorly again. I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too. This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
Chapter 14 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
From this reading “I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.”
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading “This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.”
a state in midwestern United States
From this reading “This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.”
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
From this reading “This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.”
a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
From this reading “This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.”
(“ill” is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
From this reading “She’s poorly again.”
plural of “southerner” — an American who lives in the South
From this reading “This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.”
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading “I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.”
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 “This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.”
In this reading “This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.”
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 I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
anew
From this reading She’s poorly again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Back home.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Back home.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
and nothing more
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
a state in midwestern United States
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
immediately past
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
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 This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
(“ill” is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
From this reading She’s poorly again.
express in words
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’s poorly again.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
plural of “southerner” — an American who lives in the South
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
in or at the place that
From this reading I guess I’d better be where things are boiling, too.
in the company of; together with
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This war won’t last more than six months, they say; but Kansas is liable to be a hot place with so many Southerners just across the border in Missouri.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading I haven’t been home for a year, and my mother wants to see me.
Chapter 14 of Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin holds 412 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.
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