Chapter 4 of Rancho Del Muerto, and Other Stories of Adventure is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Rancho Del Muerto, and Other Stories of Adventure is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Shoot! Shoot!” Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level. “Load! 'Tain't loaded--the lever--quick!”
Chapter 4 of Rancho Del Muerto, and Other Stories of Adventure is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading “Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.”
a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
From this reading “'Tain't loaded--the lever--quick!””
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading ““Load!”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “'Tain't loaded--the lever--quick!””
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading “Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading “Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.”
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading ““Shoot!”
and nothing more
From this reading “Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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take and lift upward
In this reading “Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
From this reading 'Tain't loaded--the lever--quick!”
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading “Load!
filled with a great quantity
From this reading 'Tain't loaded--the lever--quick!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading 'Tain't loaded--the lever--quick!”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “Shoot!
and nothing more
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Tain't loaded--the lever--quick!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Moeran simply picked up the rifle and brought it level.
Chapter 4 of Rancho Del Muerto, and Other Stories of Adventure by Charles King holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 4 holds 391 sentences of Rancho Del Muerto, and Other Stories of Adventure, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Rancho Del Muerto, and Other Stories of Adventure by Charles King exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 391 sentences, grouped into 79 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 79 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 342 minutes of reading across 823 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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