Chapter 11 of Overland Red is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Overland Red is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop. "We'll fool 'em," said Overland. "Keep joggin'. We'll be over the range before mornin'. Then let 'em find us."
Chapter 11 of Overland Red is here in full — 312 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.”
small donkey used as a pack animal
From this reading “DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.”
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.”
traveling or passing over land
From this reading “DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.”
a person who requires medical care
From this reading “DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.”
inflected form of “plod” — walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
From this reading “DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.”
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading “We'll be over the range before mornin'.”
past form of “shuffle” — walk by dragging one's feet
From this reading “DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We'll be over the range before mornin'.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We'll be over the range before mornin'.
next to; at the side of
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
small donkey used as a pack animal
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
a quad with a square body
From this reading "We'll fool 'em," said Overland.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Then let 'em find us."
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading "We'll fool 'em," said Overland.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
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From this reading "Keep joggin'.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Keep joggin'.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Then let 'em find us."
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From this reading We'll be over the range before mornin'.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
above and across; more than
From this reading We'll be over the range before mornin'.
traveling or passing over land
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
inflected form of “plod” — walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading We'll be over the range before mornin'.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We'll fool 'em," said Overland.
past form of “shuffle” — walk by dragging one's feet
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then let 'em find us."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then let 'em find us."
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From this reading "We'll fool 'em," said Overland.
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From this reading DESERT LAW Away out in the night of stars and silence plodded the patient burro, and beside him shuffled Overland Red and Billy Winthrop.
Chapter 11 of Overland Red by Henry Herbert Knibbs holds 312 sentences, grouped into 63 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 11 holds 312 sentences of Overland Red, unabridged, divided into 63 reading sections.
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