Chapter 9 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA. THE HOLE IN THE WALL COUNTRY. A LITTLE SHOOTING SCRAPE. CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM. A BIT OF MORALIZATION.
Chapter 9 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading “CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.”
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading “CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “THE HOLE IN THE WALL COUNTRY.”
a midwestern state on the Great Plains
From this reading “WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA.”
scratch repeatedly
From this reading “A LITTLE SHOOTING SCRAPE.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “A LITTLE SHOOTING SCRAPE.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading A BIT OF MORALIZATION.
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading THE HOLE IN THE WALL COUNTRY.
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.
an opening into or through something
From this reading THE HOLE IN THE WALL COUNTRY.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HOLE IN THE WALL COUNTRY.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A LITTLE SHOOTING SCRAPE.
engage in
From this reading WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA.
indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
From this reading A BIT OF MORALIZATION.
a midwestern state on the Great Plains
From this reading WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A BIT OF MORALIZATION.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.
scratch repeatedly
From this reading A LITTLE SHOOTING SCRAPE.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading A LITTLE SHOOTING SCRAPE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOLE IN THE WALL COUNTRY.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading THE HOLE IN THE WALL COUNTRY.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading CATTLE ON THE TRAIL AND THE WAY TO HANDLE THEM.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE MAKE A TRIP TO NEBRASKA.
Chapter 9 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better by Nat Love holds 57 sentences, grouped into 12 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 9 holds 57 sentences of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
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