Chapter 27 of Smoke of the .45 is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of Smoke of the .45 is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness. Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement. “_Dios mio_, Johnny!” the man cried. “How you come here all night? What you do weeth those man Gale?”
Chapter 27 of Smoke of the .45 is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
From this reading “Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.”
past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading “TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.”
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading “TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.”
a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
From this reading “TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.”
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
From this reading “What you do weeth those man Gale?””
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.”
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading “TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.”
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In this reading “TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.”
In this reading ““How you come here all night?”
In this reading “Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.”
In this reading ““How you come here all night?”
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “How you come here all night?
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
past form of “bathe” — cleanse the entire body
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “How you come here all night?
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “_Dios mio_, Johnny!” the man cried.
a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
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From this reading “_Dios mio_, Johnny!” the man cried.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What you do weeth those man Gale?”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
From this reading What you do weeth those man Gale?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “How you come here all night?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How you come here all night?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “_Dios mio_, Johnny!” the man cried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “_Dios mio_, Johnny!” the man cried.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “How you come here all night?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
above and across; more than
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
the rays of the sun
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading What you do weeth those man Gale?”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What you do weeth those man Gale?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What you do weeth those man Gale?”
at the time that
From this reading TIME TO ACT The room was bathed in sunlight when Johnny Dice felt some one prodding him back to consciousness.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Vinnie the Basque stood over him, his eyes wild with excitement.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How you come here all night?
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