Chapter 3 of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 3 (of 3) is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 3 (of 3) is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FLIGHT TO TLATONAC. Boot and saddle, away! away! We must be far e'er the breaking of day. The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay. Boot and saddle! we ride! we ride!
Chapter 3 of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 3 (of 3) is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
From this reading “Boot and saddle, away! away!”
the act of breaking something
From this reading “We must be far e'er the breaking of day.”
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading “THE FLIGHT TO TLATONAC.”
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
From this reading “The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “Boot and saddle! we ride! we ride!”
put a saddle on
From this reading “Boot and saddle, away! away!”
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
From this reading “The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Boot and saddle, away! away!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Boot and saddle, away! away!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We must be far e'er the breaking of day.
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
From this reading Boot and saddle, away! away!
the act of breaking something
From this reading We must be far e'er the breaking of day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading We must be far e'er the breaking of day.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading We must be far e'er the breaking of day.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading We must be far e'er the breaking of day.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading THE FLIGHT TO TLATONAC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
for more time
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must be far e'er the breaking of day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We must be far e'er the breaking of day.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Boot and saddle! we ride! we ride!
put a saddle on
From this reading Boot and saddle, away! away!
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLIGHT TO TLATONAC.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLIGHT TO TLATONAC.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE FLIGHT TO TLATONAC.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The standard is down, The foe's in the town, Forbidding us longer to stay, to stay.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must be far e'er the breaking of day.
Chapter 3 of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Fergus Hume holds 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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 3 holds 220 sentences of The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 3 (of 3), unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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