Chapter 8 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAYING THE “GHOST.” “Waugh!” chattered Nomad. “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound. Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted. Let’s skin out, Buffler!
Chapter 8 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading ““I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.”
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading “Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “LAYING THE “GHOST.””
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading “LAYING THE “GHOST.””
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.”
a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
From this reading ““Waugh!” chattered Nomad.”
plural of “thief” — a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.”
English author of satirical novels (1903-1966)
From this reading ““Waugh!” chattered Nomad.”
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In this reading “Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.”
In this reading ““I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.”
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Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s skin out, Buffler!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Waugh!” chattered Nomad.
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
being ten more than thirty
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading LAYING THE “GHOST.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading LAYING THE “GHOST.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s skin out, Buffler!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
From this reading “Waugh!” chattered Nomad.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Let’s skin out, Buffler!
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading Let’s skin out, Buffler!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LAYING THE “GHOST.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
plural of “thief” — a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading Ther Forty Thieves Mine is bad medicine; thar’s been crooked bizness o’ some kind hyar, an’ et’s ha’nted.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “I been er layin’ hyar in mortil agony fer two long hours, hyerin’ thet sound.
English author of satirical novels (1903-1966)
From this reading “Waugh!” chattered Nomad.
Chapter 8 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning by Prentiss Ingraham holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 8 holds 203 sentences of Buffalo Bill's weird warning, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Buffalo Bill's weird warning by Prentiss Ingraham exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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