Chapter III of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, “Bandits Catch a Tartar,” is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, “Bandits Catch a Tartar,” is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back. A cruel blow. A pin-prick saves the day. The escape of the Overland captive. "Cease firing! It's Hippy!" The traveling salesman in a new rôle.
Chapter III of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, “Bandits Catch a Tartar,” is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 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.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “The escape of the Overland captive.”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “"Cease firing!”
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
From this reading “"Cease firing!”
traveling or passing over land
From this reading “The escape of the Overland captive.”
a man salesperson
From this reading “The traveling salesman in a new rôle.”
plural of “save” — (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
From this reading “A pin-prick saves the day.”
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading “The traveling salesman in a new rôle.”
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading “Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.”
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.
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In this reading “"Cease firing!”
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
In this reading “Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
exhale hard
From this reading A cruel blow.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading The escape of the Overland captive.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading "Cease firing!
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading A cruel blow.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading A pin-prick saves the day.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading The escape of the Overland captive.
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
From this reading "Cease firing!
someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
From this reading It's Hippy!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The traveling salesman in a new rôle.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's Hippy!"
a commissioned military officer
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The traveling salesman in a new rôle.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The escape of the Overland captive.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
traveling or passing over land
From this reading The escape of the Overland captive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A pin-prick saves the day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The traveling salesman in a new rôle.
a man salesperson
From this reading The traveling salesman in a new rôle.
plural of “save” — (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
From this reading A pin-prick saves the day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A pin-prick saves the day.
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading The traveling salesman in a new rôle.
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lieutenant Wingate, unconscious, is carried away on a pony's back.
Chapter 3 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 7 sentences, grouped into 2 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 3 holds 7 sentences of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras by Josephine, -1931 Chase exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 7 sentences, grouped into 2 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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