Chapter 17 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Joe Smoky Face! What does this mean?” demands Grace. In the bandits’ lair. A lonely vigil on the mountain. Grace traps the bandits.
Chapter 17 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 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 “bandit” — an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
From this reading “In the bandits’ lair.”
plural of “demand” — an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading “What does this mean?” demands Grace.”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “In the bandits’ lair.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “A lonely vigil on the mountain.”
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading “A lonely vigil on the mountain.”
marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
From this reading ““Joe Smoky Face!”
plural of “trap” — a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “Grace traps the bandits.”
a period of sleeplessness
From this reading “A lonely vigil on the mountain.”
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 “A lonely vigil on the mountain.”
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 A lonely vigil on the mountain.
plural of “bandit” — an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
From this reading In the bandits’ lair.
plural of “demand” — an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading What does this mean?” demands Grace.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What does this mean?” demands Grace.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “Joe Smoky Face!
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading What does this mean?” demands Grace.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the bandits’ lair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Joe Smoky Face!
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading In the bandits’ lair.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading A lonely vigil on the mountain.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What does this mean?” demands Grace.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading A lonely vigil on the mountain.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A lonely vigil on the mountain.
marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
From this reading “Joe Smoky Face!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the bandits’ lair.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What does this mean?” demands Grace.
plural of “trap” — a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading Grace traps the bandits.
a period of sleeplessness
From this reading A lonely vigil on the mountain.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What does this mean?” demands Grace.
Chapter 17 of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail by Josephine, -1931 Chase holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 17 holds 180 sentences of Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 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 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 36 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 17 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.
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