Chapter 27 of The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Some one pointed Hare out. Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep. His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there. Hare felt again a cold sense of fear. He grew weak in all his being.
Chapter 27 of The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
From this reading “Some one pointed Hare out.”
imposing in size or bulk or solidity
From this reading “His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.”
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading “Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.”
used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
From this reading “His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.”
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading “Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.”
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading “Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.”
superlative of “tall” — great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading “His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.”
past form of “tower” — appear very large or occupy a commanding position
From this reading “His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Hare felt again a cold sense of fear.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
anew
From this reading Hare felt again a cold sense of fear.
(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 He grew weak in all his being.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He grew weak in all his being.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Hare felt again a cold sense of fear.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Hare felt again a cold sense of fear.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Hare felt again a cold sense of fear.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading He grew weak in all his being.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
From this reading Some one pointed Hare out.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He grew weak in all his being.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He grew weak in all his being.
imposing in size or bulk or solidity
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
the force of workers available
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
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From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hare felt again a cold sense of fear.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one pointed Hare out.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Some one pointed Hare out.
having a point
From this reading Some one pointed Hare out.
put a saddle on
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Hare felt again a cold sense of fear.
used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some one pointed Hare out.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
superlative of “tall” — great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
in or at that place or location
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Naab swung from his saddle and scattered the men before him as if they had been sheep.
past form of “tower” — appear very large or occupy a commanding position
From this reading His shaggy gray head and massive shoulders towered above the tallest there.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading He grew weak in all his being.
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