Chapter 13 of The Boss of Wind River is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of The Boss of Wind River is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'll be mos' awful dry, me!" Chartrand complained. He hailed little Narcisse Laviolette. "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me. Come on, you beeg Cooley.
Chapter 13 of The Boss of Wind River is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “"I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"”
past form of “complain” — express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading “Chartrand complained.”
take in liquids
From this reading “"_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.”
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading “"I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"”
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading “He hailed little Narcisse Laviolette.”
the second day of the week; the first working day
plural of “mo” — an indefinitely short time
From this reading “"I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"”
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “"_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading "I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come on, you beeg Cooley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chartrand complained.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
past form of “complain” — express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading Chartrand complained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come on, you beeg Cooley.
take in liquids
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading "I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading He hailed little Narcisse Laviolette.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He hailed little Narcisse Laviolette.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He hailed little Narcisse Laviolette.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He hailed little Narcisse Laviolette.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"
the second day of the week; the first working day
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
plural of “mo” — an indefinitely short time
From this reading "I'll be mos' awful dry, me!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He hailed little Narcisse Laviolette.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading "_Hola_, Narcisse, _mon vieux!_ Come on, tak' leetle drink wit' me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come on, you beeg Cooley.
Chapter 13 of The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 13 holds 394 sentences of The Boss of Wind River, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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