Chapter 12 of The Border Legion is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Border Legion is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Kells had put out the lights. Joan hurried through the cabin and outside. The gray obscurity had given way to dawn. The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it. The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.
Chapter 12 of The Border Legion is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a structural member used to stiffen a framework
From this reading “The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.”
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “Joan hurried through the cabin and outside.”
the first light of day
From this reading “The gray obscurity had given way to dawn.”
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading “Kells had put out the lights.”
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading “The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.”
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading “The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.”
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
From this reading “The gray obscurity had given way to dawn.”
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
From this reading “The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.”
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.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
(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 The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Joan hurried through the cabin and outside.
a structural member used to stiffen a framework
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading Joan hurried through the cabin and outside.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
the first light of day
From this reading The gray obscurity had given way to dawn.
apart from; not including
From this reading The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading The gray obscurity had given way to dawn.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading The gray obscurity had given way to dawn.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kells had put out the lights.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading Joan hurried through the cabin and outside.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joan hurried through the cabin and outside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kells had put out the lights.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading Kells had put out the lights.
the force of workers available
From this reading The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
From this reading The gray obscurity had given way to dawn.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Kells had put out the lights.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Joan hurried through the cabin and outside.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Kells had put out the lights.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kells had put out the lights.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Joan hurried through the cabin and outside.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The gray obscurity had given way to dawn.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The gray obscurity had given way to dawn.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The men, except Kells, were all mounted, and the pack-train was in motion.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The air was cold, sweet, bracing with the touch of mountain purity in it.
Chapter 12 of The Border Legion by Zane Grey holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 12 holds 421 sentences of The Border Legion, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Border Legion by Zane Grey exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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