Chapter 5 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It's here!" mutters Hi Lang. Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm. "Down! Everybody down!" Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away. "The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.
Chapter 5 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “announce” — make known; make an announcement
From this reading “"The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.”
aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading “Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.”
past form of “envelop” — enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
From this reading “Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm.”
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
From this reading “Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.”
plural of “mutter” — a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “"It's here!" mutters Hi Lang.”
traveling or passing over land
From this reading “Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.”
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
From this reading “Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm.”
destroyed in an accident
From this reading “Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.”
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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 Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
third-person singular of “announce” — make known; make an announcement
From this reading "The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
placed in a grave
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Down!
aimless wandering from place to place
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
past form of “envelop” — enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
From this reading Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm.
an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
every person
From this reading Everybody down!"
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading "The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "It's here!" mutters Hi Lang.
an expression of greeting
From this reading "It's here!" mutters Hi Lang.
an opening into or through something
From this reading "The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's here!" mutters Hi Lang.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's here!" mutters Hi Lang.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading "The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.
plural of “mutter” — a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading "It's here!" mutters Hi Lang.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
traveling or passing over land
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
From this reading Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "The water hole is lost!" announces the guide.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Enveloped in a wild desert sandstorm.
destroyed in an accident
From this reading Overland girls nearly buried under drifting sands, and camp equipment is wrecked and blown away.
Chapter 5 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great 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 5 holds 6 sentences of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
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