Chapter 24 of The Dispatch-Riders is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Dispatch-Riders is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet. "Let's shift," he said. "Where?" "Anywhere. Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
Chapter 24 of The Dispatch-Riders is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/54 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.”
at or in or to any place
From this reading “"Anywhere.”
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading “Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."”
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading “Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.”
past form of “regain” — get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading “Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.”
make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading “"Let's shift," he said.”
make steady
From this reading “Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."”
put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading “Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."”
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 “Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.”
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
In this reading “Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
at or in or to any place
From this reading "Anywhere.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Let's shift," he said.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let's shift," he said.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
past form of “regain” — get or find back; recover the use of
From this reading Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Let's shift," he said.
make a shift in or exchange of
From this reading "Let's shift," he said.
make steady
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Across the Frontier Kenneth regained his feet.
put down or press the foot, place the foot
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Be steady; mind where you tread, and look out for brick-bats falling on your head."
Chapter 24 of The Dispatch-Riders by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman holds 270 sentences, grouped into 54 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 24 holds 270 sentences of The Dispatch-Riders, unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of The Dispatch-Riders by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 270 sentences, grouped into 54 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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