Chapter 17 of The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Have the Brisbanes gone?" "Yes. Got away about eight o'clock. Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war. He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
Chapter 17 of The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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rid of obstructions
From this reading “Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.”
someone excellent of their kind
From this reading “He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."”
being one more than seven
From this reading “Got away about eight o'clock.”
strongly marked; easily noticeable
From this reading “He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."”
according to the clock
From this reading “Got away about eight o'clock.”
the killing of animals (as for food)
From this reading “He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."”
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading “Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.”
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.
a man who is very old
In this reading “He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."”
run away from confinement
In this reading “Got away about eight o'clock.”
be present or associated with an event or entity
In this reading “Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Got away about eight o'clock.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Got away about eight o'clock.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Have the Brisbanes gone?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
rid of obstructions
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
someone excellent of their kind
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
being one more than seven
From this reading Got away about eight o'clock.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
destroyed or killed
From this reading "Have the Brisbanes gone?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Got away about eight o'clock.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have the Brisbanes gone?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
strongly marked; easily noticeable
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
according to the clock
From this reading Got away about eight o'clock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
the killing of animals (as for food)
From this reading He's a crackerjack, is Lawson; but the old man has you marked for slaughter."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Have the Brisbanes gone?"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Lawson went with them, though he's coming back to see you clear of this war.
Chapter 17 of The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 17 holds 399 sentences of The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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