Chapter 20 of Jack Ranger's Western Trip is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Jack Ranger's Western Trip is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual. "He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir. "It's the other way around!" came from John. "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine. Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
Chapter 20 of Jack Ranger's Western Trip is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
From this reading “Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"”
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading “FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.”
(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
From this reading “FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"”
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “"He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir.”
a slippery smoothness
From this reading “FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.”
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading “"I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.”
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"”
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 "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "It's the other way around!" came from John.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "It's the other way around!" came from John.
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
From this reading "He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "It's the other way around!" came from John.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's the other way around!" came from John.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading "It's the other way around!" came from John.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "It's the other way around!" came from John.
the force of policemen and officers
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading "He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir.
a slippery smoothness
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading "I'm trying to get back something he stole from a friend of mine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir.
hard to endure
From this reading "He's trying to rob me!" shouted the fakir.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "It's the other way around!" came from John.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FINDING ORION TEVIS "What's the matter?" exclaimed the slick individual.
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Give up that card, you rascal, or I'll yell for the police!"
Chapter 20 of Jack Ranger's Western Trip by Clarence Young holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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 20 holds 151 sentences of Jack Ranger's Western Trip, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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