Chapter 5 of The Freebooters of the Wilderness is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Freebooters of the Wilderness is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail. "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed. Why did she put on to be Mexican? What did she sneak for? Whole thing cussed queer.
Chapter 5 of The Freebooters of the Wilderness is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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call forth
From this reading “"She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.”
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading “THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.”
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
From this reading “Whole thing cussed queer.”
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading “Why did she put on to be Mexican?”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “Whole thing cussed queer.”
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
From this reading “THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.”
to go stealthily or furtively
From this reading “What did she sneak for?”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.”
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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 knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
any thing at all
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Why did she put on to be Mexican?
call forth
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
From this reading Whole thing cussed queer.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What did she sneak for?
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
the force of workers available
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading Why did she put on to be Mexican?
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Why did she put on to be Mexican?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Why did she put on to be Mexican?
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Whole thing cussed queer.
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
to go stealthily or furtively
From this reading What did she sneak for?
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
a special situation
From this reading Whole thing cussed queer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "She knows English as well as you do; and she is a French breed.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did she sneak for?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Whole thing cussed queer.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did she put on to be Mexican?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE CHOICE THAT COMES TO ALL MEN "Did you notice anything?" demanded Brydges, as the old stranger went down the Ridge trail.
Chapter 5 of The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. Laut holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
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