Chapter 17 of Saddle and Mocassin is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Saddle and Mocassin is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V. "Now, boys! now, boys! now, boys! Who--oop! Up you get, now; up you get! No loafing!
Chapter 17 of Saddle and Mocassin is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “"Now, boys! now, boys! now, boys!”
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
From this reading “A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Up you get, now; up you get!”
a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
From this reading “A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.”
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.”
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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 CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "Now, boys! now, boys! now, boys!
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
From this reading A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Up you get, now; up you get!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.
having no employment
From this reading No loafing!
a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
From this reading A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.
not any; not one
From this reading No loafing!
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now, boys! now, boys! now, boys!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who--oop!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Up you get, now; up you get!
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading A CRUISE IN NORTHERN MEXICO.--V.
which person or people
From this reading Who--oop!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Up you get, now; up you get!
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