Chapter 19 of Cowboy Dave is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Cowboy Dave is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CHASE "Lively boys! Swat it out! Farther off to the left there, Skinny!" "All right, Pete! I get you!"
Chapter 19 of Cowboy Dave is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “THE CHASE "Lively boys!”
go after with the intent to catch
From this reading “THE CHASE "Lively boys!”
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading “Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"”
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 “Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"”
full of life and energy
From this reading “THE CHASE "Lively boys!”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"All right, Pete!”
being very thin
From this reading “Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"”
a sharp blow
From this reading “Swat it out!”
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.
(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 "All right, Pete!
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading THE CHASE "Lively boys!
go after with the intent to catch
From this reading THE CHASE "Lively boys!
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I get you!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I get you!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Swat it out!
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 Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"
full of life and energy
From this reading THE CHASE "Lively boys!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Swat it out!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All right, Pete!
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right, Pete!
being very thin
From this reading Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"
a sharp blow
From this reading Swat it out!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHASE "Lively boys!
in or at that place or location
From this reading Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Farther off to the left there, Skinny!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I get you!"
Chapter 19 of Cowboy Dave by Frank V. Webster holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 19 holds 120 sentences of Cowboy Dave, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Cowboy Dave by Frank V. Webster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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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