Chapter 2 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MYSTERIOUS DOINGS. “What was that, Crawling Bear?” “Ugh! Fire-gun make um big ‘boom.’” “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
Chapter 2 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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have
From this reading ““What was that, Crawling Bear?””
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Fire-gun make um big ‘boom.’””
make a resonant sound, like artillery
From this reading “Fire-gun make um big ‘boom.’””
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading ““What was that, Crawling Bear?””
manner of acting or controlling yourself
From this reading “MYSTERIOUS DOINGS.”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “MYSTERIOUS DOINGS.”
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading ““It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?”
precisely, exactly
From this reading ““It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?”
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In this reading ““It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?”
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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 “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
(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 “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
have
From this reading “What was that, Crawling Bear?”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Fire-gun make um big ‘boom.’”
make a resonant sound, like artillery
From this reading Fire-gun make um big ‘boom.’”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading “What was that, Crawling Bear?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
manner of acting or controlling yourself
From this reading MYSTERIOUS DOINGS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fire-gun make um big ‘boom.’”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
engage in
From this reading Fire-gun make um big ‘boom.’”
of an obscure nature
From this reading MYSTERIOUS DOINGS.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
precisely, exactly
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “What was that, Crawling Bear?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ugh!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fire-gun make um big ‘boom.’”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What was that, Crawling Bear?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What was that, Crawling Bear?”
in or at the place that
From this reading “It was a fire-gun, all right, but where did the report come from?
Chapter 2 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning by Prentiss Ingraham holds 217 sentences, grouped into 44 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 2 holds 217 sentences of Buffalo Bill's weird warning, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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