Chapter 13 of The Polly Page Ranch Club is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Polly Page Ranch Club is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning. She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!” Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated. “Get away from there! Shoo, with you, shoo!”
Chapter 13 of The Polly Page Ranch Club is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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troubled emotionally and usually deeply
From this reading “Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.”
in a softened tone
From this reading “Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.”
possessive form of “murray” — British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
superlative of “odd” — not divisible by two
From this reading “She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!””
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading “CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.”
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading “She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!””
drive away by crying “shoo!”
From this reading “Shoo, with you, shoo!””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.”
be restored
In this reading “She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!””
run away from confinement
In this reading ““Get away from there!”
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 She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
troubled emotionally and usually deeply
From this reading Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Get away from there!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
a horizontal bar that goes across something
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Get away from there!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Get away from there!
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
in a softened tone
From this reading Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.
possessive form of “murray” — British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
From this reading Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.
superlative of “odd” — not divisible by two
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
precisely, exactly
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
drive away by crying “shoo!”
From this reading Shoo, with you, shoo!”
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Get away from there!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Then came Mrs. Murray’s voice, hushed, but agitated.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CROSSBAR RANCH Polly was the first to awake the following morning.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading She heard the oddest sound right under her window, a sharp cry of “Come back, come back, come back!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Shoo, with you, shoo!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Shoo, with you, shoo!”
Chapter 13 of The Polly Page Ranch Club by Izola L. (Izola Louise) Forrester holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 13 holds 149 sentences of The Polly Page Ranch Club, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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