Chapter 11 of The Guerilla Chief, and Other Tales is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Guerilla Chief, and Other Tales is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh! you traffic in these?" "Jess so, stranger. Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it." "But I have never seen you in the town." "I never goes thar.
Chapter 11 of The Guerilla Chief, and Other Tales is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 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.
any person at all
From this reading “Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."”
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading “Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."”
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading “Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."”
plural of “sell” — the activity of persuading someone to buy
From this reading “Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."”
plural of “skin” — a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading “Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."”
a merchant who owns or manages a shop
From this reading “Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."”
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
From this reading “"Oh! you traffic in these?"”
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.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
any person at all
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I have never seen you in the town."
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading "I never goes thar.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "But I have never seen you in the town."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But I have never seen you in the town."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Oh! you traffic in these?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jess so, stranger.
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "But I have never seen you in the town."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh! you traffic in these?"
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "But I have never seen you in the town."
plural of “sell” — the activity of persuading someone to buy
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
plural of “skin” — a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Jess so, stranger.
a merchant who owns or manages a shop
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading "Jess so, stranger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I never goes thar.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "Oh! you traffic in these?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sells the skins to the storekeeper an' the deer meat to anybody as'll buy it."
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "But I have never seen you in the town."
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
From this reading "Oh! you traffic in these?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh! you traffic in these?"
Chapter 11 of The Guerilla Chief, and Other Tales by Mayne Reid holds 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 11 holds 440 sentences of The Guerilla Chief, and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Guerilla Chief, and Other Tales by Mayne Reid exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
Work through the 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 can be played aloud in United States English.
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