Chapter 34 of Gunsight Pass is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of Gunsight Pass is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down. The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata. A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness. Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously. A match flared.
Chapter 34 of Gunsight Pass is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having an unpleasantly bitter or pungent taste or smell.
From this reading “The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.”
very lively and profitable
From this reading “DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.”
an udder or breast or teat
From this reading “DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.”
past form of “flare” — burn brightly
From this reading “A match flared.”
the sound of a step of someone walking
From this reading “Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.”
plural of “ride” — a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
From this reading “DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.”
prepared by cutting
From this reading “The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.”
plural of “stratum” — one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
From this reading “The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.”
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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 A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
Having an unpleasantly bitter or pungent taste or smell.
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
very lively and profitable
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
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From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
an udder or breast or teat
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
past form of “flare” — burn brightly
From this reading A match flared.
the sound of a step of someone walking
From this reading Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
held up in the air
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading A match flared.
in motion
From this reading Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.
and nothing more
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
in the near future
From this reading Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.
plural of “ride” — a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
prepared by cutting
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Presently came a soft footfall of some one moving cautiously.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
plural of “stratum” — one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DUG DOBLE RIDES INTO THE HILLS The booming of the guns died down.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The acrid smoke that filled the room lifted to shredded strata.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A man's deep breathing was the only sound in the heavy darkness.
Chapter 34 of Gunsight Pass by William MacLeod Raine holds 89 sentences, grouped into 18 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.
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