Chapter 7 of The Rider of Golden Bar is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Rider of Golden Bar is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rafe Tuckleton lingered not. Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house. Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen. "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter. "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
Chapter 7 of The Rider of Golden Bar is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.”
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading “"What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.”
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
From this reading “Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.”
past form of “linger” — remain present although waning or gradually dying
From this reading “Rafe Tuckleton lingered not.”
attach to a support
From this reading “Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.”
flowing profusely
From this reading “Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.”
get rid of
From this reading “Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.”
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading “Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.”
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.
water that is not salty
In this reading “"What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.”
In this reading “Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.”
In this reading “"I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
of a light brown or yellowish brown color
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
past form of “linger” — remain present although waning or gradually dying
From this reading Rafe Tuckleton lingered not.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
attach to a support
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Rafe Tuckleton lingered not.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
above and across; more than
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
flowing profusely
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rafe Tuckleton lingered not.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
get rid of
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rafe Tuckleton lingered not.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
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 Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "I met him coming away from here, and I didn't like the way he looked.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
at the time that
From this reading Hazel was pouring off the washing water when he entered the kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Billy Wingo led his mount under the shed and returned to the house.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What made you bring Tuckleton back?" she asked pouring fresh water over the butter.
Chapter 7 of The Rider of Golden Bar by William Patterson White holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 7 holds 413 sentences of The Rider of Golden Bar, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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