Chapter 7 of The Kentucky Ranger is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Kentucky Ranger is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Prayer In a Dance Hall. When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop. Not so the monster dwarf. Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable. He was almost beside himself with rage and disappointment.
Chapter 7 of The Kentucky Ranger is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a person who is markedly small
From this reading “Not so the monster dwarf.”
-ing form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading “Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.”
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
From this reading “When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.”
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
From this reading “When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.”
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.”
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “Not so the monster dwarf.”
plural of “mount” — a lightweight horse kept for riding only
From this reading “When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.”
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading “When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.”
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 Prayer In a Dance Hall.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading He was almost beside himself with rage and disappointment.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
next to; at the side of
From this reading He was almost beside himself with rage and disappointment.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
placed crosswise
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading Prayer In a Dance Hall.
without deviation
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
From this reading He was almost beside himself with rage and disappointment.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
a person who is markedly small
From this reading Not so the monster dwarf.
-ing form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading Prayer In a Dance Hall.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was almost beside himself with rage and disappointment.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Prayer In a Dance Hall.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading Not so the monster dwarf.
plural of “mount” — a lightweight horse kept for riding only
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not so the monster dwarf.
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading Prayer In a Dance Hall.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading He was almost beside himself with rage and disappointment.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Not so the monster dwarf.
in the near future
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Fearing that the crowd might do him personal injury he rode the black horse directly to the stable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was almost beside himself with rage and disappointment.
at the time that
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When the three horses crossed the finishing line, covered with sweat and foam, LeMonde and Ketcham soon brought their mounts to a stop.
Chapter 7 of The Kentucky Ranger by Edward T. Curnick holds 70 sentences, grouped into 14 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 7 holds 70 sentences of The Kentucky Ranger, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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