Chapter 3 of Our Little Boer Cousin is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Our Little Boer Cousin is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus! "This won't do, George. It's too hot to gallop like that. Let's go slower." The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
Chapter 3 of Our Little Boer Cousin is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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informal intensifiers
From this reading “The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.”
ride at a galloping pace
From this reading “It's too hot to gallop like that.”
incapable of being tolerated or endured
From this reading “The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.”
the middle of the day
From this reading “The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.”
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading “A TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus!”
-ing form of “perspire” — excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
From this reading “The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.”
more slowly
From this reading “Let's go slower."”
a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers
From this reading “A TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus!”
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In this reading “It's too hot to gallop like that.”
In this reading “Let's go slower."”
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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 TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus!
according with custom or propriety
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "This won't do, George.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading A TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus!
informal intensifiers
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
ride at a galloping pace
From this reading It's too hot to gallop like that.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading "This won't do, George.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Let's go slower."
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading It's too hot to gallop like that.
incapable of being tolerated or endured
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's too hot to gallop like that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let's go slower."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It's too hot to gallop like that.
the middle of the day
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading A TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
-ing form of “perspire” — excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
more slowly
From this reading Let's go slower."
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It's too hot to gallop like that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This won't do, George.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's too hot to gallop like that.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading It's too hot to gallop like that.
a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers
From this reading A TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The flaming of the midday sun on the perspiring boys was becoming intolerable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A TRANSVAAL "MODEL FARM" "Whoa, Ferus!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "This won't do, George.
Chapter 3 of Our Little Boer Cousin by Luna May Ennis holds 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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 3 holds 209 sentences of Our Little Boer Cousin, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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