Chapter 21 of Raw gold is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Raw gold is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN ELEMENTAL ALLY. But they did not come. One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush. Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight. So far we had seen nothing of Lyn.
Chapter 21 of Raw gold is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a friendly nation
From this reading “AN ELEMENTAL ALLY.”
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading “One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.”
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading “One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.”
relating to or being an element
From this reading “AN ELEMENTAL ALLY.”
having lost your job
From this reading “Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.”
not producing an intended effect
From this reading “Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.”
accumulating and becoming more intense
From this reading “One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.”
having passed out of existence
From this reading “One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.”
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a friendly nation
From this reading AN ELEMENTAL ALLY.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ELEMENTAL ALLY.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But they did not come.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But they did not come.
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But they did not come.
relating to or being an element
From this reading AN ELEMENTAL ALLY.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading So far we had seen nothing of Lyn.
having lost your job
From this reading Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So far we had seen nothing of Lyn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
not producing an intended effect
From this reading Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So far we had seen nothing of Lyn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
the force of workers available
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But they did not come.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading So far we had seen nothing of Lyn.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Piegan fired one ineffectual shot as they flicked out of sight.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So far we had seen nothing of Lyn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But they did not come.
accumulating and becoming more intense
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
having passed out of existence
From this reading One of them must have seen Lessard fall, for at the crack of MacRae's gun men and horses, already half-hidden by the thickening smoke, vanished into the brush.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So far we had seen nothing of Lyn.
Chapter 21 of Raw gold by Bertrand W. Sinclair holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 21 holds 124 sentences of Raw gold, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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