Chapter 7 of The Border Legion is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Border Legion is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Well, he swore right!... Now what's it to you?” Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow. “It's done. Bill's dead,” continued Gulden.
Chapter 7 of The Border Legion is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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from appearances alone
From this reading “Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.”
possessive form of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Bill's dead,” continued Gulden.”
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.”
carefully weighed
From this reading “Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.”
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading “Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading “Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.”
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading “Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.”
inflected form of “swear” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading ““Well, he swore right!...”
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(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 Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
from appearances alone
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
possessive form of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill's dead,” continued Gulden.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
carefully weighed
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
without stop or interruption
From this reading Bill's dead,” continued Gulden.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Bill's dead,” continued Gulden.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “It's done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well, he swore right!...
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Now what's it to you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's done.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now what's it to you?”
and nothing more
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Well, he swore right!...
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
inflected form of “swear” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “Well, he swore right!...
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now what's it to you?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
(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, he swore right!...
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now what's it to you?”
in or at the place that
From this reading Apparently the fact and its confession were nothing particular to Gulden, or else he was deep where all considered him only dense and shallow.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now what's it to you?”
Chapter 7 of The Border Legion by Zane Grey holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 419 sentences of The Border Legion, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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