Chapter 19 of The Red Mustang is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of The Red Mustang is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BAD NEWS FOR WAH-WAH-O-BE. Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father. He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children. Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors. For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
Chapter 19 of The Red Mustang is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
From this reading “Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.”
plural of “captor” — a person who captures and holds people or animals
From this reading “Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.”
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading “Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.”
plural of “four” — the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading “Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.”
shining intensely
From this reading “Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.”
shake with fast, tremulous movements
From this reading “For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.”
acceptance of despair
From this reading “He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.”
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
From this reading “For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.”
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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In this reading “BAD NEWS FOR WAH-WAH-O-BE.”
In this reading “For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.”
temporarily
In this reading “For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.”
In this reading “He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.”
find unexpectedly
In this reading “Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.”
In this reading “Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.”
keep or lay aside for future use
In this reading “He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.”
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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 an Apache, but he was also a father.
(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 Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
in addition
From this reading Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
From this reading Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading BAD NEWS FOR WAH-WAH-O-BE.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
plural of “captor” — a person who captures and holds people or animals
From this reading Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.
in a physically fierce manner
From this reading Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading BAD NEWS FOR WAH-WAH-O-BE.
plural of “four” — the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
shining intensely
From this reading Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
a particular point in time
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
information about recent and important events
From this reading BAD NEWS FOR WAH-WAH-O-BE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
shake with fast, tremulous movements
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
cut with a saw
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
acceptance of despair
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He lay in his rabbit-path, under the bushes, and saw the surrender of his children.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Up he came upon all fours, glaring ferociously upon their captors.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BAD NEWS FOR WAH-WAH-O-BE.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Kah-go-mish was an Apache, but he was also a father.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading For a moment his whole body seemed to swell and quiver with wrath.
Chapter 19 of The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard holds 87 sentences, grouped into 18 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 19 holds 87 sentences of The Red Mustang, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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