Chapter XIV of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, “Lead and Mystery in the Air,” is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter XIV of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, “Lead and Mystery in the Air,” is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire. Stacy "creeps" to safety. "Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!" The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation. Woo Smith savvies trouble. "Discovered!" exclaims Hippy.
Chapter XIV of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, “Lead and Mystery in the Air,” is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/1 · 6 reading units · Lines 1–6
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.
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
From this reading “The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation.”
a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
From this reading “Stacy "creeps" to safety.”
third-person singular of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “"Discovered!" exclaims Hippy.”
traveling or passing over land
From this reading “Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.”
the state of being held in high esteem and honor
From this reading “The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation.”
plural of “rider” — a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading “Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Woo Smith savvies trouble.”
seek someone's favor
From this reading “Woo Smith savvies trouble.”
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.
rise to one's feet
In this reading “"Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!"”
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.
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
From this reading The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!"
a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
From this reading Stacy "creeps" to safety.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading "Discovered!" exclaims Hippy.
third-person singular of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading "Discovered!" exclaims Hippy.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!"
someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
From this reading "Discovered!" exclaims Hippy.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation.
traveling or passing over land
From this reading Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.
the state of being held in high esteem and honor
From this reading The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation.
plural of “rider” — a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading Stacy "creeps" to safety.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Woo Smith savvies trouble.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Woo Smith savvies trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stacy "creeps" to safety.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.
an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
From this reading "Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Aerial Lake lives up to its reputation.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stacy "creeps" to safety.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Woo Smith savvies trouble.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Overland Riders suddenly find themselves under fire.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!"
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading "Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!"
seek someone's favor
From this reading Woo Smith savvies trouble.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Get up and walk, you tenderfoot!"
Chapter 14 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 6 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 14 holds 6 sentences of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 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 6 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.
Work through the 2 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 2 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 14 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras by Josephine, -1931 Chase on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3568 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45989 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #45989, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 297 minutes of reading across 714 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 37 chapters of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
