Chapter 6 of Carlota of the rancho is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Carlota of the rancho is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NORTHER “O, brother! We must ride fast, fast! We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!” “Hush, little sister. Never fear.
Chapter 6 of Carlota of the rancho is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “We must ride fast, fast!”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading ““Hush, little sister.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!””
a wind that blows from the north
From this reading “THE NORTHER “O, brother!”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “We must ride fast, fast!”
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading “We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!””
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading ““Hush, little sister.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!””
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
move away from a place into another direction
In this reading “We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!””
In this reading “We must ride fast, fast!”
a younger sister
In this reading ““Hush, little sister.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading THE NORTHER “O, brother!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading We must ride fast, fast!
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Never fear.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading “Hush, little sister.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Hush, little sister.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must ride fast, fast!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never fear.
a wind that blows from the north
From this reading THE NORTHER “O, brother!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
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 THE NORTHER “O, brother!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading We must ride fast, fast!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “Hush, little sister.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NORTHER “O, brother!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must ride fast, fast!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading We must not stop one single minute--if they should get us--why did our father go away!”
Chapter 6 of Carlota of the rancho by Evelyn Raymond holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 6 holds 159 sentences of Carlota of the rancho, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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