Chapter 14 of The Cow Puncher is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Cow Puncher is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair. When she turned her face there were tears on it.
Chapter 14 of The Cow Puncher is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.”
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading “She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.”
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading “When she turned her face there were tears on it.”
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading “She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “When she turned her face there were tears on it.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.”
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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 She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
stopped up; clogged up
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading When she turned her face there were tears on it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When she turned her face there were tears on it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When she turned her face there were tears on it.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading When she turned her face there were tears on it.
in or at that place or location
From this reading When she turned her face there were tears on it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
past form of “tremble” — move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading When she turned her face there were tears on it.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading She trembled, and her voice choked; she put out her arm to a chair.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When she turned her face there were tears on it.
at the time that
From this reading When she turned her face there were tears on it.
Chapter 14 of The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 14 holds 403 sentences of The Cow Puncher, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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