Chapter 7 of Slim Evans and His Horse Lightning is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Slim Evans and His Horse Lightning is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully. There must be no slips. The trap must be carefully laid. It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop. The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
Chapter 7 of Slim Evans and His Horse Lightning is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
From this reading “The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.”
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading “It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.”
plural of “rider” — a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading “It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.”
plural of “slip” — a socially awkward or tactless act
From this reading “There must be no slips.”
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading “Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.”
sweep across or over
From this reading “The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.”
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
From this reading “It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.”
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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make a break in
In this reading “The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.”
In this reading “It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.”
In this reading “The trap must be carefully laid.”
In this reading “It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There must be no slips.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
recognizable; marked
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
the act of retaining something
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.
set down according to a plan
From this reading The trap must be carefully laid.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There must be no slips.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.
not any; not one
From this reading There must be no slips.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
plural of “rider” — a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.
plural of “slip” — a socially awkward or tactless act
From this reading There must be no slips.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.
sweep across or over
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Slim, Joe and Nels surveyed the scene carefully.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There must be no slips.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading The trap must be carefully laid.
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was finally decided to place riflemen in the underbrush, holding several riders in reserve behind the rock outcrop.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The minute the firing started, they would sweep out and cut off the escape.
Chapter 7 of Slim Evans and His Horse Lightning by Graham M. Dean holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 7 holds 411 sentences of Slim Evans and His Horse Lightning, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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