Chapter 1 of Sunset Pass is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Sunset Pass is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A RASH RESOLVE. "Better take my advice, sir. The road ahead is thick with the Patchies." "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go? I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
Chapter 1 of Sunset Pass is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “"Better take my advice, sir.”
at or in the front
From this reading “The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."”
plural of “apache” — any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
From this reading “I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.”
a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
From this reading “I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.”
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.”
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading “A RASH RESOLVE.”
bring to an end; settle conclusively
From this reading “A RASH RESOLVE.”
past form of “station” — assign to a station
From this reading “I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.”
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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 RASH RESOLVE.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading "Better take my advice, sir.
at or in the front
From this reading The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."
(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 "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
Having no one else present.
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
plural of “apache” — any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "Better take my advice, sir.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."
immediately past
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Better take my advice, sir.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
above and across; more than
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
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From this reading The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."
any red eruption of the skin
From this reading A RASH RESOLVE.
bring to an end; settle conclusively
From this reading A RASH RESOLVE.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
term of address for a man
From this reading "Better take my advice, sir.
past form of “station” — assign to a station
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
carry out
From this reading "Better take my advice, sir.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The road ahead is thick with the Patchies."
a late time of life
From this reading I have been stationed among the Apaches for the last five years and have fought them all over Arizona.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But you have come through all alone, my friend; why should I not go?
Chapter 1 of Sunset Pass by Charles King holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 1 holds 133 sentences of Sunset Pass, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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