Chapter 20 of Buffalo Bill's still hunt is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Buffalo Bill's still hunt is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TELLING BLOW. When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him. “Well, what do you wish?” “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.” “I am sure that it is not.”
Chapter 20 of Buffalo Bill's still hunt is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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pretentious or silly talk or writing
From this reading ““This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.””
Belgian composer (1532-1594)
From this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
From this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
From this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
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In this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
In this reading ““This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.””
In this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
In this reading “When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
(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 “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am sure that it is not.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
exhale hard
From this reading THE TELLING BLOW.
pretentious or silly talk or writing
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Well, what do you wish?”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am sure that it is not.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I am sure that it is not.”
Belgian composer (1532-1594)
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I am sure that it is not.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
except for; apart from
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “I am sure that it is not.”
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From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading THE TELLING BLOW.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I am sure that it is not.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TELLING BLOW.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is all bosh about my sister making any effort to save me.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
in the direction of
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, what do you wish?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Well, what do you wish?”
at the time that
From this reading When Silk Lasso Sam called out as he did, in stern, peremptory tones to Nina de Sutro, she stopped at the door and turned toward him.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “Well, what do you wish?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, what do you wish?”
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