Chapter 24 of The Heart of the Range is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Heart of the Range is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other. Rack's expression was dolefully sullen. Racey's was hard and uncompromising. "Who was it put you up to this?" asked Racey. "What?"
Chapter 24 of The Heart of the Range is here in full — 275 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading “STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.”
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading “STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.”
go at a rack
From this reading “STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.”
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading “STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.”
at the same instant
From this reading “STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.”
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading “STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.”
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading “Rack's expression was dolefully sullen.”
not making concessions
From this reading “Racey's was hard and uncompromising.”
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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 STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Who was it put you up to this?" asked Racey.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
with sadness; in a sorrowful manner
From this reading Rack's expression was dolefully sullen.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Rack's expression was dolefully sullen.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Racey's was hard and uncompromising.
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Who was it put you up to this?" asked Racey.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Who was it put you up to this?" asked Racey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Racey's was hard and uncompromising.
go at a rack
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rack's expression was dolefully sullen.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
at the same instant
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading Rack's expression was dolefully sullen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Who was it put you up to this?" asked Racey.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
not making concessions
From this reading Racey's was hard and uncompromising.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Who was it put you up to this?" asked Racey.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Rack's expression was dolefully sullen.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading STRATEGY Racey Dawson and Rack Slimson, rising a hill on the way to Farewell, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at each other.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What?"
which person or people
From this reading "Who was it put you up to this?" asked Racey.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Who was it put you up to this?" asked Racey.
Chapter 24 of The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White holds 275 sentences, grouped into 55 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 24 holds 275 sentences of The Heart of the Range, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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