Chapter 20 of The Ranche on the Oxhide is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Ranche on the Oxhide is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR. AND MRS. THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story. The Indians, buffalo, and antelope have all disappeared. There is no longer any frontier.
Chapter 20 of The Ranche on the Oxhide is here in full — 23 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
From this reading “The Indians, buffalo, and antelope have all disappeared.”
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading “The Indians, buffalo, and antelope have all disappeared.”
United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
From this reading “THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.”
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading “THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.”
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading “There is no longer any frontier.”
an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
From this reading “CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.”
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
From this reading “THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.”
someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
From this reading “CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.”
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 “THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.”
In this reading “CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.”
In this reading “There is no longer any frontier.”
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The Indians, buffalo, and antelope have all disappeared.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND MRS.
graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
From this reading The Indians, buffalo, and antelope have all disappeared.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading There is no longer any frontier.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading The Indians, buffalo, and antelope have all disappeared.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.
United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading The Indians, buffalo, and antelope have all disappeared.
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading There is no longer any frontier.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India
From this reading The Indians, buffalo, and antelope have all disappeared.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no longer any frontier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
for more time
From this reading There is no longer any frontier.
a form of address for a man
From this reading CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading AND MRS.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no longer any frontier.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.
plural of “pass” — (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
From this reading CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
From this reading CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is no longer any frontier.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
From this reading CONCLUSION RETROSPECTIVE--THE OLD TRAPPER PASSES AWAY--MR.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
a late time of life
From this reading THOMPSON ARE DEAD--GENERAL CUSTER AND COLONEL KEOGH ARE KILLED--ERROLSTRATH BELONGS TO JOE AND ROB TWENTY-NINE years have elapsed since the events related in this story.
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