Chapter 8 of The Heart of the Range is here in full — 290 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Heart of the Range is here in full — 290 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?" "Oh, shore," Swing sighed resignedly. "Have it yore own way! Have it yore own way! I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
Chapter 8 of The Heart of the Range is here in full — 290 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who fells trees
From this reading “I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “"Oh, shore," Swing sighed resignedly.”
the light of the stars
From this reading “THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"”
move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading “THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"”
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"”
time long past
From this reading “"Have it yore own way!”
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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 I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
later than; following
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
(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 I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
a person who fells trees
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have it yore own way!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Have it yore own way!
a small worthless amount
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
the act of departing
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, shore," Swing sighed resignedly.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Have it yore own way!
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From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner
From this reading "Oh, shore," Swing sighed resignedly.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading "Oh, shore," Swing sighed resignedly.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading "Oh, shore," Swing sighed resignedly.
the light of the stars
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
express in words
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
(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 THROWING SAND After leaving the Starlight, on their way back to the hotel, Racey said to Swing Tunstall: "Might as well tell Jack Harpe now we ain't gonna ride for him, huh?"
time long past
From this reading "Have it yore own way!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I never seen such a feller as you for gettin' his own way in all my life."
Chapter 8 of The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White holds 290 sentences, grouped into 58 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 8 holds 290 sentences of The Heart of the Range, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
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