Chapter 5 of The Border Legion is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Border Legion is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness. “Wife!” ejaculated Gulden. “Your real wife, Jack?” queried Pearce. “Well, I guess, I'll introduce you... Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.”
Chapter 5 of The Border Legion is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sensation produced by low temperatures
From this reading “Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.”
evoking or deserving hatred
From this reading “Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.”
cause to come to know personally
From this reading ““Well, I guess, I'll introduce you...”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.”
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading ““Your real wife, Jack?” queried Pearce.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.””
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading “Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.”
a flaw or weak point
From this reading “Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.”
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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 Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
(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 Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.”
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
the sensation produced by low temperatures
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wife!” ejaculated Gulden.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “Well, I guess, I'll introduce you...
the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “Wife!” ejaculated Gulden.
evoking or deserving hatred
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.”
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well, I guess, I'll introduce you...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I guess, I'll introduce you...
cause to come to know personally
From this reading “Well, I guess, I'll introduce you...
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Your real wife, Jack?” queried Pearce.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
above and across; more than
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your real wife, Jack?” queried Pearce.
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading “Your real wife, Jack?” queried Pearce.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading “Your real wife, Jack?” queried Pearce.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.”
causing or able to cause nausea
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
moving very fast
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Joan, here are two of my friends--Sam Gulden and Red Pearce.”
a flaw or weak point
From this reading Joan felt a swift leap of hot blood all over her and then a coldness, a sickening, a hateful weakness.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, I guess, I'll introduce you...
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “Wife!” ejaculated Gulden.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, I guess, I'll introduce you...
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your real wife, Jack?” queried Pearce.
Chapter 5 of The Border Legion by Zane Grey holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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 5 holds 435 sentences of The Border Legion, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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