Chapter III of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail, “A Fruitless Quest,” is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter III of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail, “A Fruitless Quest,” is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Overland girls search the village for their missing companions. Ham White hears more bad news. The guide fears the worst. “There is another peril!” Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
Chapter III of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail, “A Fruitless Quest,” is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 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.
plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading “The guide fears the worst.”
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “The guide fears the worst.”
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading “Ham White hears more bad news.”
third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “Ham White hears more bad news.”
a commissioned military officer
From this reading “Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.”
not able to be found
From this reading “Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.”
traveling or passing over land
From this reading “Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.”
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading ““There is another peril!””
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 “Ham White hears more bad news.”
leave furtively and stealthily
In this reading “Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.”
In this reading “The guide fears the worst.”
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.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “There is another peril!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Ham White hears more bad news.
plural of “companion” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
From this reading The guide fears the worst.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading The guide fears the worst.
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading Ham White hears more bad news.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Ham White hears more bad news.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There is another peril!”
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
not able to be found
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Ham White hears more bad news.
information about recent and important events
From this reading Ham White hears more bad news.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
and nothing more
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
traveling or passing over land
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading “There is another peril!”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Only the lieutenant knows that one of his party has slipped away looking for the missing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There is another peril!”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading Overland girls search the village for their missing companions.
a Caucasian
From this reading Ham White hears more bad news.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading The guide fears the worst.
Chapter 3 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 5 sentences, grouped into 1 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 5 sentences of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail, unabridged, divided into 1 reading sections.
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