Chapter 19 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum. "Lost?" he repeated. "That's what I said, Nat. Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike. It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
Chapter 19 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a formal public statement
From this reading “A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.”
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.”
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
From this reading “Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.”
possessive form of “jack” — a small worthless amount
From this reading “A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.”
fraught with danger
From this reading “A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.”
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
From this reading “A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.”
a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
From this reading “Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.”
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In this reading “A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.”
In this reading “A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.”
In this reading “It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
later than; following
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.
a formal public statement
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Lost?" he repeated.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That's what I said, Nat.
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
From this reading Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
possessive form of “jack” — a small worthless amount
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading "Lost?" he repeated.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
fraught with danger
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
recurring again and again
From this reading "Lost?" he repeated.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "That's what I said, Nat.
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading A PERILOUS SLIDE For a few seconds after Jack's announcement Nat stared at his chum.
a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
From this reading Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's what I said, Nat.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's a heap sight easier to get lost in here than I thought.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Long Gun was right, and so was Tanker Ike.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "That's what I said, Nat.
Chapter 19 of Jack Ranger's Gun Club by Clarence Young holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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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