Chapter 10 of The Boss of Wind River is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Boss of Wind River is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This prediction proved correct. The night passed without further incident. With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire. Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents. A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
Chapter 10 of The Boss of Wind River is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 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.
make right or correct
From this reading “This prediction proved correct.”
past form of “crawl” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.”
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
From this reading “Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.”
a single distinct event
From this reading “The night passed without further incident.”
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
From this reading “This prediction proved correct.”
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.”
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading “A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.”
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 “The night passed without further incident.”
In this reading “Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.”
In this reading “The night passed without further incident.”
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 few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
make right or correct
From this reading This prediction proved correct.
past form of “crawl” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
From this reading Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
start firing a weapon
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading The night passed without further incident.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
a single distinct event
From this reading The night passed without further incident.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
used to form the superlative
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The night passed without further incident.
not any; not one
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading The night passed without further incident.
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
From this reading This prediction proved correct.
established beyond doubt
From this reading This prediction proved correct.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The night passed without further incident.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Later the crew crawled out of their dingy tents.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This prediction proved correct.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
From this reading A few washed at the river; but most made no attempt at a toilet.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With daylight McCane's cook appeared and made up his fire.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The night passed without further incident.
Chapter 10 of The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 418 sentences of The Boss of Wind River, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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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