Chapter I of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail, “The Battle with the Bandits 52,” is here in full — 10 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail, “The Battle with the Bandits 52,” is here in full — 10 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle. “The cowards!” cries Grace Harlowe. Bandits discover their mistake too late. Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons. Disaster overtakes the Overton girls.
Chapter I of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail, “The Battle with the Bandits 52,” is here in full — 10 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
From this reading “Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.”
plural of “bandit” — an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
From this reading “Bandits discover their mistake too late.”
plural of “coward” — a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading ““The cowards!” cries Grace Harlowe.”
beaten or overcome; not victorious
From this reading “Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.”
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading “Disaster overtakes the Overton girls.”
plural of “outlaw” — someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
From this reading “Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.”
third-person singular of “overtake” — catch up with and possibly overtake
From this reading “Disaster overtakes the Overton girls.”
(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form
From this reading “Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.”
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.
a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
In this reading “Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.”
In this reading “Bandits discover their mistake too late.”
throw or cast away
In this reading “Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.”
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 Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.
any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
plural of “bandit” — an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
From this reading Bandits discover their mistake too late.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.
plural of “coward” — a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading “The cowards!” cries Grace Harlowe.
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “The cowards!” cries Grace Harlowe.
beaten or overcome; not victorious
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading Disaster overtakes the Overton girls.
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading Bandits discover their mistake too late.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading “The cowards!” cries Grace Harlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The cowards!” cries Grace Harlowe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading Bandits discover their mistake too late.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Bandits discover their mistake too late.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
plural of “outlaw” — someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
third-person singular of “overtake” — catch up with and possibly overtake
From this reading Disaster overtakes the Overton girls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.
(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form
From this reading Highwaymen and Overton girls in a pitched battle.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The cowards!” cries Grace Harlowe.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Bandits discover their mistake too late.
propel through the air
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Bandits discover their mistake too late.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
plural of “weapon” — any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
people who are wounded
From this reading Wounded and defeated, outlaws of the Apache Trail throw away their weapons.
Chapter 1 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 10 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 1 holds 10 sentences of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail by Josephine, -1931 Chase exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 10 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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