Chapter 16 of The Red Mustang is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Red Mustang is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS. Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers. It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders. The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge. The sage-hen sat under the bush.
Chapter 16 of The Red Mustang is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “blunder” — an embarrassing mistake
From this reading “It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.”
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
From this reading “Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.”
the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
From this reading “AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS.”
plural of “pursuer” — a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
From this reading “Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.”
colorless glass made of almost pure silica
From this reading “The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.”
plural of “republic” — a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading “AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.”
possessive form of “water” — binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.”
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In this reading “The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.”
In this reading “The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.”
In this reading “The sage-hen sat under the bush.”
In this reading “Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.”
In this reading “The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.”
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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 Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
(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 Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
plural of “arrangement” — the thing arranged or agreed to
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
plural of “blunder” — an embarrassing mistake
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading The sage-hen sat under the bush.
a person who is in charge
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder
From this reading AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
and nothing more
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
plural of “pursuer” — a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
colorless glass made of almost pure silica
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
plural of “republic” — a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
From this reading AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sage-hen sat under the bush.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The sage-hen sat under the bush.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The sage-hen sat under the bush.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Kah-go-mish was a great chief, and had employed all the cunning in him in his arrangements for eluding his pursuers.
possessive form of “water” — binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading It now remained to be seen whether or not he had made blunders.
a Caucasian
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading The Chiricahua scout lay on the white quartz only a few yards from the water's edge.
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