Chapter 11 of General Crook and the Fighting Apaches Treating Also of the Part Borne is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of General Crook and the Fighting Apaches Treating Also of the Part Borne is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There were one long flash and several shorter ones. Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more. As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right. We will wait two days.” The fire died.
Chapter 11 of General Crook and the Fighting Apaches Treating Also of the Part Borne is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
any person at all
From this reading “As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “The fire died.”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “There were one long flash and several shorter ones.”
plural of “flash” — a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
From this reading “Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.”
a definite length of time marked off by two instants
From this reading “Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.”
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “There were one long flash and several shorter ones.”
comparative of “short” — primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading “There were one long flash and several shorter ones.”
past form of “spell” — orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading “As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.”
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.
In this reading “We will wait two days.””
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 As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
any person at all
From this reading As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading We will wait two days.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading The fire died.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The fire died.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
plural of “flash” — a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
From this reading Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.
a definite length of time marked off by two instants
From this reading Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
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 There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
with speed
From this reading Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.
precisely, exactly
From this reading As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
comparative of “short” — primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
past form of “spell” — orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fire died.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As anybody ought to know, this spelled: “All right.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Then, quickly following, two flashes, and an interval, and two more.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading We will wait two days.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will wait two days.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were one long flash and several shorter ones.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will wait two days.”
Chapter 11 of General Crook and the Fighting Apaches Treating Also of the Part Borne by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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