Chapter V of Buffalo Bill Entrapped, “A Coward Defied,” is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter V
Chapter V of Buffalo Bill Entrapped, “A Coward Defied,” is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton. His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient. Head all right?” “He will live,” the girl answered coldly. “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
Chapter V of Buffalo Bill Entrapped, “A Coward Defied,” is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading “Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.”
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading ““He will live,” the girl answered coldly.”
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
From this reading ““I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.””
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading “Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.”
attach to a support
From this reading ““I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.””
a person who requires medical care
From this reading “His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.”
full of or exhibiting respect
From this reading “His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.”
a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile
From this reading “Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.”
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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an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
In this reading ““I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.””
In this reading ““He will live,” the girl answered coldly.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Head all right?”
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “He will live,” the girl answered coldly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading “He will live,” the girl answered coldly.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
a young female
From this reading “He will live,” the girl answered coldly.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Head all right?”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “He will live,” the girl answered coldly.
attach to a support
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
full of or exhibiting respect
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Head all right?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “He will live,” the girl answered coldly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “He will live,” the girl answered coldly.
a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile
From this reading Rixton Holmes turned from Buffalo Bill to Myra Wilton.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I hope it will be his good fortune to see you mount the gallows.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading His voice was respectful as he asked: “How is your patient.
Chapter 5 of Buffalo Bill Entrapped by Prentiss Ingraham holds 284 sentences, grouped into 57 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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