Chapter 4 of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
On the trail of a she-bear. Tad Butler's champion shot. A deer instead of a bear. Mighty hunters get a shock. "He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.
Chapter 4 of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “butler” — a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading “Tad Butler's champion shot.”
someone who has won first place in a competition
From this reading “Tad Butler's champion shot.”
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading “A deer instead of a bear.”
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
From this reading “"He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.”
plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game
From this reading “Mighty hunters get a shock.”
a range horse of the western United States
From this reading “"He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.”
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading “"He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.”
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading “Tad Butler's champion shot.”
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 “Mighty hunters get a shock.”
In this reading “On the trail of a she-bear.”
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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 On the trail of a she-bear.
have
From this reading A deer instead of a bear.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.
possessive form of “butler” — a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading Tad Butler's champion shot.
someone who has won first place in a competition
From this reading Tad Butler's champion shot.
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading A deer instead of a bear.
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
From this reading "He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Mighty hunters get a shock.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.
plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game
From this reading Mighty hunters get a shock.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading A deer instead of a bear.
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
From this reading Mighty hunters get a shock.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the trail of a she-bear.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the trail of a she-bear.
a range horse of the western United States
From this reading "He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading "He's gone!" gasp the Pony Rider Boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the trail of a she-bear.
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading Mighty hunters get a shock.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Tad Butler's champion shot.
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading Tad Butler's champion shot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the trail of a she-bear.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading On the trail of a she-bear.
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