Chapter 10 of The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“So you've corralled Silvermane? Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours. He can't get off any other way. How many horses with him?” “We had no chance to count.
Chapter 10 of The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading ““We had no chance to count.”
a steep high face of rock
From this reading “Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.”
inflected form of “corral” — enclose in a corral
From this reading ““So you've corralled Silvermane?”
determine the number or amount of
From this reading ““We had no chance to count.”
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “How many horses with him?””
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.”
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading “Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.”
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one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading He can't get off any other way.
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From this reading He can't get off any other way.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “We had no chance to count.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
inflected form of “corral” — enclose in a corral
From this reading “So you've corralled Silvermane?
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “We had no chance to count.
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From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He can't get off any other way.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “We had no chance to count.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
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From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How many horses with him?”
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading How many horses with him?”
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From this reading How many horses with him?”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading How many horses with him?”
not any; not one
From this reading “We had no chance to count.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He can't get off any other way.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading He can't get off any other way.
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
above and across; more than
From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
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From this reading “So you've corralled Silvermane?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So you've corralled Silvermane?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We had no chance to count.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading He can't get off any other way.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We had no chance to count.
(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 Well, Jack, if he doesn't jump over the cliff he's ours.
in the company of; together with
From this reading How many horses with him?”
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From this reading “So you've corralled Silvermane?
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