Chapter 21 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 21 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE. SOME MEN I HAVE MET. BUFFALO BILL. THE JAMES BROTHERS. YELLOWSTONE KELLEY.
Chapter 21 of The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 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 statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “BUFFALO BILL.”
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “THE JAMES BROTHERS.”
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading “BUFFALO BILL.”
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading “THE JAMES BROTHERS.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “SOME MEN I HAVE MET.”
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading “A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE.”
plural of “reminiscence” — a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
From this reading “A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE.”
a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park
From this reading “YELLOWSTONE KELLEY.”
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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 A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading BUFFALO BILL.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading THE JAMES BROTHERS.
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading BUFFALO BILL.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading SOME MEN I HAVE MET.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SOME MEN I HAVE MET.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading THE JAMES BROTHERS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading YELLOWSTONE KELLEY.
the force of workers available
From this reading SOME MEN I HAVE MET.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading SOME MEN I HAVE MET.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE.
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE.
plural of “reminiscence” — a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
From this reading A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME MEN I HAVE MET.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A FEW REMINISCENCES OF THE RANGE.
a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park
From this reading YELLOWSTONE KELLEY.
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