Chapter 4 of The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky. Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two. You can find your way, can't you?" "I go back? Think I'm a tenderfoot?
Chapter 4 of The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.”
like or containing small sticky lumps
From this reading “A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.”
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading “A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.”
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “You can find your way, can't you?"”
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading “Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.”
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.”
a source of difficulty
From this reading “Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.”
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 A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You can find your way, can't you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You can find your way, can't you?"
like or containing small sticky lumps
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading You can find your way, can't you?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I go back?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Think I'm a tenderfoot?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
From this reading Think I'm a tenderfoot?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Think I'm a tenderfoot?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading You can find your way, can't you?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Perhaps one would not be as likely to get into trouble as two.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A DARING ACT "If you don't want to go with me you may go back, Chunky.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You can find your way, can't you?"
Chapter 4 of The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico by Frank Gee Patchin holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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