Chapter 20 of Buffalo Bill's Girl Pard is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Buffalo Bill's Girl Pard is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SENDING AWAY THE BUCKBOARD. “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell. “We have the star-faced cayuses, all right. What’s to be done with them?” “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
Chapter 20 of Buffalo Bill's Girl Pard is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
From this reading ““You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.”
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading ““What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.”
plural of “cayuse” — a small native range horse
From this reading ““We have the star-faced cayuses, all right.”
a small wooded hollow
From this reading ““What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.”
-ing form of “guard” — to keep watch over
From this reading ““You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.”
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading ““What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading ““You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.”
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading “SENDING AWAY THE BUCKBOARD.”
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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 “We have the star-faced cayuses, all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading SENDING AWAY THE BUCKBOARD.
English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What’s to be done with them?”
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles
From this reading SENDING AWAY THE BUCKBOARD.
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
a small native range horse
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
plural of “cayuse” — a small native range horse
From this reading “We have the star-faced cayuses, all right.
a small wooded hollow
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What’s to be done with them?”
-ing form of “guard” — to keep watch over
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We have the star-faced cayuses, all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “We have the star-faced cayuses, all right.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading SENDING AWAY THE BUCKBOARD.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We have the star-faced cayuses, all right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SENDING AWAY THE BUCKBOARD.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What’s to be done with them?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What are we to do now, Buffalo Bill?” inquired Dell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’s to be done with them?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading What’s to be done with them?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You left Little Cayuse guarding Banks and Hendricks?” returned the scout.
Chapter 20 of Buffalo Bill's Girl Pard by Prentiss Ingraham holds 215 sentences, grouped into 43 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 20 holds 215 sentences of Buffalo Bill's Girl Pard, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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