Chapter 14 of How he won her is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of How he won her is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MEETING. “Ho! who rides there? The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.” And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen. “That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.
Chapter 14 of How he won her is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading ““That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.”
avoiding emotional involvement
From this reading ““That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.”
the foot of an ungulate mammal
From this reading “The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.””
plural of “horseman” — a man skilled in equitation
From this reading “And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.”
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.””
plural of “ride” — a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
From this reading ““Ho! who rides there?”
a vagrant
From this reading “The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.””
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading ““That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.”
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 “And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.”
In this reading “And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.”
In this reading “And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.”
In this reading “And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.”
In this reading “The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.””
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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 And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading “That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
avoiding emotional involvement
From this reading “That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading “Ho! who rides there?
the foot of an ungulate mammal
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
plural of “horseman” — a man skilled in equitation
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
a formally arranged gathering
From this reading THE MEETING.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
plural of “ride” — a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
From this reading “Ho! who rides there?
precisely, exactly
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
cut with a saw
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MEETING.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Ho! who rides there?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
a vagrant
From this reading The tramp of hoof, the flash of steel—— The rebels round them coming.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
at the time that
From this reading And they turned to the right, and rode along the edge of the forest for some four or five miles, when they saw approaching them from the opposite direction a body of horsemen.
which person or people
From this reading “Ho! who rides there?
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading “That must be a detachment of our cavalry, Wing.
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