Chapter 8 of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stacy's hat no longer hits his head. Cane bears grow savage. Hounds set on the trail. Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur. Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death. Tad and Stacy jump into the fight.
Chapter 8 of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 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 stick that people can lean on to help them walk
From this reading “Cane bears grow savage.”
a large number or amount
From this reading “Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.”
plural of “hit” — (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
From this reading “Stacy's hat no longer hits his head.”
plural of “hound” — any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading “Hounds set on the trail.”
-ing form of “snarl” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.”
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading “Tad and Stacy jump into the fight.”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.”
a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
From this reading “Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.”
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 “Tad and Stacy jump into the fight.”
In this reading “Hounds set on the trail.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.
plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
From this reading Cane bears grow savage.
a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
From this reading Cane bears grow savage.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Tad and Stacy jump into the fight.
moving swiftly
From this reading Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Cane bears grow savage.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Stacy's hat no longer hits his head.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Stacy's hat no longer hits his head.
a large number or amount
From this reading Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stacy's hat no longer hits his head.
plural of “hit” — (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
From this reading Stacy's hat no longer hits his head.
plural of “hound” — any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading Hounds set on the trail.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Tad and Stacy jump into the fight.
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Tad and Stacy jump into the fight.
for more time
From this reading Stacy's hat no longer hits his head.
not any; not one
From this reading Stacy's hat no longer hits his head.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hounds set on the trail.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Cane bears grow savage.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Hounds set on the trail.
-ing form of “snarl” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tad and Stacy jump into the fight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stacy's hat no longer hits his head.
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading Tad and Stacy jump into the fight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hounds set on the trail.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading Hounds set on the trail.
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading Dogs and wolves in a battle to the death.
a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
From this reading Flying, snarling, yelping heaps of fur.
Chapter 8 of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana by Frank Gee Patchin holds 6 sentences, grouped into 2 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 8 holds 6 sentences of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana by Frank Gee Patchin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 6 sentences, grouped into 2 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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