Chapter 8 of Judith of Blue Lake Ranch is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Judith of Blue Lake Ranch is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral. "Just why, I don't know. Orders, you know." "Orders be damned," snarled the newcomer. "I go where I please and when I please."
Chapter 8 of Judith of Blue Lake Ranch is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a partially opened flower
From this reading “"You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.”
enclose in a corral
From this reading “"You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"Orders be damned," snarled the newcomer.”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “"You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.”
any new participant in some activity
From this reading “"Orders be damned," snarled the newcomer.”
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading “Orders, you know."”
tangled in knots or snarls
From this reading “"Orders be damned," snarled the newcomer.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “"You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.”
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 "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I go where I please and when I please."
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Orders be damned," snarled the newcomer.
a partially opened flower
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
enclose in a corral
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "Orders be damned," snarled the newcomer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Just why, I don't know.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I go where I please and when I please."
the act of departing
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Just why, I don't know.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
and nothing more
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Just why, I don't know.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
any new participant in some activity
From this reading "Orders be damned," snarled the newcomer.
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading Orders, you know."
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "I go where I please and when I please."
with low volume
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
tangled in knots or snarls
From this reading "Orders be damned," snarled the newcomer.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
at the time that
From this reading "I go where I please and when I please."
in or at the place that
From this reading "I go where I please and when I please."
during the time that
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Just why, I don't know.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Orders, you know."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty-eyed man in the corral.
Chapter 8 of Judith of Blue Lake Ranch by Jackson Gregory holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 8 holds 425 sentences of Judith of Blue Lake Ranch, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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