Chapter 5 of The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ned Rector is full of fight. Stacy makes Tad Butler dance. Chunky plans revenge. The fat boy finds a food emporium. A mother squaw in a rage.
Chapter 5 of The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 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 manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading “Stacy makes Tad Butler dance.”
like or containing small sticky lumps
From this reading “Chunky plans revenge.”
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
From this reading “The fat boy finds a food emporium.”
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading “The fat boy finds a food emporium.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “A mother squaw in a rage.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “Ned Rector is full of fight.”
action taken in return for an injury or offense
From this reading “Chunky plans revenge.”
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading “Stacy makes Tad Butler dance.”
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 “The fat boy finds a food emporium.”
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 The fat boy finds a food emporium.
a youthful male person
From this reading The fat boy finds a food emporium.
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading Stacy makes Tad Butler dance.
like or containing small sticky lumps
From this reading Chunky plans revenge.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading Stacy makes Tad Butler dance.
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
From this reading The fat boy finds a food emporium.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading The fat boy finds a food emporium.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Ned Rector is full of fight.
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading The fat boy finds a food emporium.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading The fat boy finds a food emporium.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Ned Rector is full of fight.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A mother squaw in a rage.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ned Rector is full of fight.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Stacy makes Tad Butler dance.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading A mother squaw in a rage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ned Rector is full of fight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ned Rector is full of fight.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading Chunky plans revenge.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading A mother squaw in a rage.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading Ned Rector is full of fight.
action taken in return for an injury or offense
From this reading Chunky plans revenge.
derogatory terms for an American Indian woman
From this reading A mother squaw in a rage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stacy makes Tad Butler dance.
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading Stacy makes Tad Butler dance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fat boy finds a food emporium.
Chapter 5 of The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska by Frank Gee Patchin holds 5 sentences, grouped into 1 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 5 holds 5 sentences of The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska, unabridged, divided into 1 reading sections.
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