Chapter 1 of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping. A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips. "Halloo! Halloo!" she cried. "I wonder where on earth I am?
Chapter 1 of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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weak from exhaustion
From this reading “The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.”
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading “The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.”
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading “The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.”
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading “The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.”
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading “The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.”
put a saddle on
From this reading “A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.”
used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
From this reading “The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.”
inflected form of “trot” — run at a moderately swift pace
From this reading “The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.”
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.
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used with question words to convey surprise
In this reading “"I wonder where on earth I am?”
In this reading “A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.”
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 Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I wonder where on earth I am?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Halloo!" she cried.
weak from exhaustion
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading "I wonder where on earth I am?
a young female
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
urge on with shouts
From this reading "Halloo!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wonder where on earth I am?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
be a lodger; stay temporarily
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I wonder where on earth I am?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
above and across; more than
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
put a saddle on
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Halloo!" she cried.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
inflected form of “trot” — run at a moderately swift pace
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A girl stood up in her saddle with one hand to her lips.
in or at the place that
From this reading "I wonder where on earth I am?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge OVER the brown plain a shaggy broncho trotted slowly, with its head drooping.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading "I wonder where on earth I am?
Chapter 1 of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge by Margaret Vandercook holds 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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 1 holds 246 sentences of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
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