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Chapter 6 of For the Liberty of Texas is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT. "Here they come, Dan!" "Yes, Ralph. Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left. I'll take the one on the right."
Chapter 6 of For the Liberty of Texas is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.”
a boy or man
From this reading “Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.”
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading “POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT.”
poke or thrust abruptly
From this reading “POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT.”
the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
From this reading “POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT.”
look attentively
From this reading “Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes, Ralph.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Here they come, Dan!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here they come, Dan!"
a boy or man
From this reading Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here they come, Dan!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll take the one on the right."
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 Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I'll take the one on the right."
poke or thrust abruptly
From this reading POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, Ralph.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I'll take the one on the right."
the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
From this reading POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT.
carry out
From this reading I'll take the one on the right."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Here they come, Dan!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading POKE STOVER TO THE FRONT.
look attentively
From this reading Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, Ralph.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Watch your chance, and fire at the fellow on the left.
Chapter 6 of For the Liberty of Texas by Edward Stratemeyer holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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 128 sentences of For the Liberty of Texas, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of For the Liberty of Texas by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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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