Chapter 8 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Guns bang and Stacy lies low. Struck on the head. “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs. The guide is disturbed. Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him. Stacy alarmed for his trousers. Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.
Chapter 8 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
strike violently
From this reading “Guns bang and Stacy lies low.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him.”
the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
From this reading “Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.”
third-person singular of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading ““I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.”
United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)
From this reading “Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.”
plural of “offer” — the verbal act of offering
From this reading “Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him.”
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading ““I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.”
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
From this reading “Stacy alarmed for his trousers.”
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 “Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.”
keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous
In this reading “Guns bang and Stacy lies low.”
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 “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
experiencing a sudden sense of danger
From this reading Stacy alarmed for his trousers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Guns bang and Stacy lies low.
strike violently
From this reading Guns bang and Stacy lies low.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him.
the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
From this reading Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.
having the place or position changed
From this reading The guide is disturbed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him.
third-person singular of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading The guide is disturbed.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Guns bang and Stacy lies low.
United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)
From this reading Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Struck on the head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stacy alarmed for his trousers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The guide is disturbed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading Guns bang and Stacy lies low.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Guns bang and Stacy lies low.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
of an obscure nature
From this reading Jim Haley makes a mysterious disappearance.
plural of “offer” — the verbal act of offering
From this reading Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Struck on the head.
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Guns bang and Stacy lies low.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Struck on the head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Struck on the head.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him.
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
From this reading Stacy alarmed for his trousers.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs.
Chapter 8 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail 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 8 holds 7 sentences of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail 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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