Chapter 30 of The Headless Horseman is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 holds 402 sentences of The Headless Horseman, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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Chapter 30 of The Headless Horseman is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake! He's nowhere to be found. Wonder where he has gone? On a hunt, they say. 'Tain't likely, such time as this.
Chapter 30 of The Headless Horseman is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Wonder where he has gone?”
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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 On a hunt, they say.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Tain't likely, such time as this.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He's nowhere to be found.
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From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
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From this reading He's nowhere to be found.
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From this reading Wonder where he has gone?
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wonder where he has gone?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Wonder where he has gone?
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From this reading He's nowhere to be found.
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From this reading On a hunt, they say.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
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From this reading 'Tain't likely, such time as this.
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From this reading He's nowhere to be found.
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From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a hunt, they say.
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From this reading On a hunt, they say.
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From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
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From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading 'Tain't likely, such time as this.
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From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
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From this reading 'Tain't likely, such time as this.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On a hunt, they say.
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From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'Tain't likely, such time as this.
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From this reading 'Tain't likely, such time as this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He's nowhere to be found.
in or at the place that
From this reading Wonder where he has gone?
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From this reading Wonder where he has gone?
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From this reading "Zeb Stump don't think it, the suspicious old snake!
