Chapter 2 of The Moccasin Ranch: A Story of Dakota is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Moccasin Ranch: A Story of Dakota is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny. The girls accompanied him into the little living-room. "Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel? See the canned peaches!" "And the canned lobster!"
Chapter 2 of The Moccasin Ranch: A Story of Dakota is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having companions or an escort
From this reading “The girls accompanied him into the little living-room.”
recorded for broadcast
From this reading “See the canned peaches!"”
your parents
From this reading “"Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “"I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.”
marked by refinement in taste and manners
From this reading “"Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?”
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading “"I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.”
flesh of a lobster
From this reading “"And the canned lobster!"”
plural of “peach” — cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading “See the canned peaches!"”
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From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
having companions or an escort
From this reading The girls accompanied him into the little living-room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And the canned lobster!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
recorded for broadcast
From this reading See the canned peaches!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?
your parents
From this reading "Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
marked by refinement in taste and manners
From this reading "Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The girls accompanied him into the little living-room.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The girls accompanied him into the little living-room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The girls accompanied him into the little living-room.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The girls accompanied him into the little living-room.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?
a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
From this reading The girls accompanied him into the little living-room.
flesh of a lobster
From this reading "And the canned lobster!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?
plural of “peach” — cultivated in temperate regions
From this reading See the canned peaches!"
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See the canned peaches!"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Oh, my, don't some folks live genteel?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girls accompanied him into the little living-room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
look attentively
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "I'm a-coming--now watch me," he replied, with intent to be funny.
Chapter 2 of The Moccasin Ranch: A Story of Dakota by Hamlin Garland holds 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
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