Chapter XVII of Hidden blood, “Like a Man,” is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XVII
Chapter XVII of Hidden blood, “Like a Man,” is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel. “Set down!” growled Baldy. “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want? Set down and take yore medicine, you big fool! This ain’t United States.”
Chapter XVII of Hidden blood, “Like a Man,” is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
From this reading “Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.”
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading ““Set down!” growled Baldy.”
past form of “herd” — cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading “Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.”
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading “Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.”
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
From this reading “This ain’t United States.””
time long past
From this reading “Set down and take yore medicine, you big fool!”
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.
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In this reading “Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.”
In this reading ““We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?”
In this reading “Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.”
put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
In this reading ““Set down!” growled Baldy.”
In this reading “Set down and take yore medicine, you big fool!”
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 Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This ain’t United States.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
a person whose head is bald or shaved
From this reading “Set down!” growled Baldy.
a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Set down!” growled Baldy.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Set down and take yore medicine, you big fool!
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading “Set down!” growled Baldy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
past form of “herd” — cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Set down!” growled Baldy.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading This ain’t United States.”
carry out
From this reading Set down and take yore medicine, you big fool!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This ain’t United States.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
From this reading This ain’t United States.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Big Medicine sprang to his feet as Guadalupe herded Lucy and Wanna into the room, but Kohler drove him back with a rifle barrel.
time long past
From this reading Set down and take yore medicine, you big fool!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Set down and take yore medicine, you big fool!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We gave yuh a front seat, and what more do yuh want?
Chapter 17 of Hidden blood by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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 253 sentences of Hidden blood, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
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