Chapter 20 of The Border Legion is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Border Legion is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Camp was made near water. The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food. They talked of the morrow. All--the world--lay beyond the next sunrise. Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
Chapter 20 of The Border Legion is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bandit” — an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
From this reading “The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.”
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading “The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.”
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
From this reading “The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.”
the next day
From this reading “They talked of the morrow.”
plural of “pipe” — a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading “Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.”
past form of “renounce” — give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
From this reading “Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.”
the first light of day
From this reading “All--the world--lay beyond the next sunrise.”
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 The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
(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--the world--lay beyond the next sunrise.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
plural of “bandit” — an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading All--the world--lay beyond the next sunrise.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Camp was made near water.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
and nothing more
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading All--the world--lay beyond the next sunrise.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Camp was made near water.
the next day
From this reading They talked of the morrow.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Camp was made near water.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading All--the world--lay beyond the next sunrise.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
plural of “pipe” — a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
past form of “renounce” — give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
that is looked for
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
the first light of day
From this reading All--the world--lay beyond the next sunrise.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading They talked of the morrow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They talked of the morrow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some renounced their pipes and sought their rest just to hurry on the day.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Camp was made near water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Camp was made near water.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The bandits were a jovial lot, despite a lack of food.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading All--the world--lay beyond the next sunrise.
Chapter 20 of The Border Legion by Zane Grey holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 20 holds 393 sentences of The Border Legion, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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