Chapter 10 of The Arizona Callahan is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Arizona Callahan is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood. A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees. “All right, boys--hands up all around! Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with. First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.”
Chapter 10 of The Arizona Callahan is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
From this reading “As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.”
a projectile that is fired from a gun
From this reading “First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.””
inflected form of “drip” — fall in drops
From this reading “As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.”
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading “First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.””
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading “First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.””
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.”
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading “Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.”
In this reading “As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.”
sound loudly
In this reading “As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.”
In this reading “As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.”
In this reading “Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
(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 “All right, boys--hands up all around!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “All right, boys--hands up all around!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “All right, boys--hands up all around!
a projectile that is fired from a gun
From this reading First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.”
inflected form of “drip” — fall in drops
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.”
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “All right, boys--hands up all around!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.”
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading First man moves gets a bullet in the leg.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right, boys--hands up all around!
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading As the shot rang out, Jimmy Basset jumped into the air, then stood staring at his arm that dripped blood.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “All right, boys--hands up all around!
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A voice struck on the silence--a voice from the edge of the trees.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sheriff Fulsom talking, and two guns to talk with.
Chapter 10 of The Arizona Callahan by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones holds 71 sentences, grouped into 15 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 10 holds 71 sentences of The Arizona Callahan, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Arizona Callahan by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 71 sentences, grouped into 15 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 15 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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