Chapter 9 of Ranching, Sport and Travel is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 9 of Ranching, Sport and Travel is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town. Enough of odds and ends. To return to purely personal affairs. After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now? I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
Chapter 9 of Ranching, Sport and Travel is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a city in the northern panhandle of Texas
From this reading “IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.”
having a strong desire for success or achievement
From this reading “I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.”
-ing form of “boost” — increase
From this reading “IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.”
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading “Enough of odds and ends.”
the acquisition of something for payment
From this reading “IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.”
restricted to something
From this reading “To return to purely personal affairs.”
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading “After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?”
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading “After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?”
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 IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
matters of personal concern
From this reading To return to purely personal affairs.
later than; following
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
a city in the northern panhandle of Texas
From this reading IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
having a strong desire for success or achievement
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Enough of odds and ends.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
-ing form of “boost” — increase
From this reading IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Enough of odds and ends.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading Enough of odds and ends.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
a large number or amount
From this reading IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading Enough of odds and ends.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
on one occasion
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading To return to purely personal affairs.
the acquisition of something for payment
From this reading IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
restricted to something
From this reading To return to purely personal affairs.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading To return to purely personal affairs.
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To return to purely personal affairs.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading IN AMARILLO Purchase of Lots--Building--Boosting a Town.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading After selling the cattle and ranch the question at once came up--What now?
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading I had enough to live on, but not enough to allow me to live quite as I wished, though never ambitious of great wealth.
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