Chapter 10 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A BUFFALO HUNT. I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE. I ORDER A DRINK FOR MYSELF AND MY HORSE. A CLOSE PLACE IN OLD MEXICO. When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
Chapter 10 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading “A BUFFALO HUNT.”
take in liquids
From this reading “I ORDER A DRINK FOR MYSELF AND MY HORSE.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “A BUFFALO HUNT.”
a long noosed rope used to catch animals
From this reading “I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.”
a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
From this reading “A CLOSE PLACE IN OLD MEXICO.”
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading “When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.”
put a saddle on
From this reading “I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.”
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 A BUFFALO HUNT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading A BUFFALO HUNT.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading A CLOSE PLACE IN OLD MEXICO.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
take in liquids
From this reading I ORDER A DRINK FOR MYSELF AND MY HORSE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I ORDER A DRINK FOR MYSELF AND MY HORSE.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading I ORDER A DRINK FOR MYSELF AND MY HORSE.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading A BUFFALO HUNT.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A CLOSE PLACE IN OLD MEXICO.
a long noosed rope used to catch animals
From this reading I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.
a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
From this reading A CLOSE PLACE IN OLD MEXICO.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I ORDER A DRINK FOR MYSELF AND MY HORSE.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading A CLOSE PLACE IN OLD MEXICO.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading I ORDER A DRINK FOR MYSELF AND MY HORSE.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading A CLOSE PLACE IN OLD MEXICO.
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
put a saddle on
From this reading I LOSE MY LARIAT AND SADDLE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
in or at that place or location
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
at the time that
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When there was not much doing around the ranch, we boys would get up a buffalo hunt.
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