Chapter 2 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Overlanders throw up their hands. Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears. Tables turned on a mountain ruffian. A night prowler frightened away by a shot. "Hurry, Grace!
Chapter 2 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “box” — a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading “Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.”
made afraid
From this reading “A night prowler frightened away by a shot.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “"Hurry, Grace!”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.”
someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
From this reading “A night prowler frightened away by a shot.”
plural of “table” — a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “Tables turned on a mountain ruffian.”
propel through the air
From this reading “Overlanders throw up their hands.”
plural of “tweak” — a squeeze with the fingers
From this reading “Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A night prowler frightened away by a shot.
plural of “box” — a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A night prowler frightened away by a shot.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
made afraid
From this reading A night prowler frightened away by a shot.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading "Hurry, Grace!
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Overlanders throw up their hands.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading "Hurry, Grace!
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading Tables turned on a mountain ruffian.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A night prowler frightened away by a shot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Tables turned on a mountain ruffian.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Overlanders throw up their hands.
someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
From this reading A night prowler frightened away by a shot.
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading Tables turned on a mountain ruffian.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading A night prowler frightened away by a shot.
plural of “table” — a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Tables turned on a mountain ruffian.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Overlanders throw up their hands.
propel through the air
From this reading Overlanders throw up their hands.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Tables turned on a mountain ruffian.
plural of “tweak” — a squeeze with the fingers
From this reading Nora tweaks a mountaineer's nose, and boxes his ears.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Overlanders throw up their hands.
Chapter 2 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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 2 holds 12 sentences of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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