Chapter 11 of The Rifle Rangers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Rifle Rangers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I say, Raowl, does she consint?" "She hasn't made up her mind yet." "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt. The saints won't save him. Take another dhrap, Raowl!"
Chapter 11 of The Rifle Rangers is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “Take another dhrap, Raowl!"”
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading “"By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “"She hasn't made up her mind yet."”
plural of “saint” — a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading “The saints won't save him.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “The saints won't save him.”
carry out
From this reading “Take another dhrap, Raowl!"”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “"By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “"She hasn't made up her mind yet."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Take another dhrap, Raowl!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I say, Raowl, does she consint?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Take another dhrap, Raowl!"
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I say, Raowl, does she consint?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She hasn't made up her mind yet."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "She hasn't made up her mind yet."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The saints won't save him.
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I say, Raowl, does she consint?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "She hasn't made up her mind yet."
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "She hasn't made up her mind yet."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I say, Raowl, does she consint?"
plural of “saint” — a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading The saints won't save him.
except for; apart from
From this reading The saints won't save him.
express in words
From this reading "I say, Raowl, does she consint?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I say, Raowl, does she consint?"
carry out
From this reading Take another dhrap, Raowl!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "She hasn't made up her mind yet."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "By the holy vistment! thin it's all up wid Murt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The saints won't save him.
but in spite of that
From this reading "She hasn't made up her mind yet."
Chapter 11 of The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 11 holds 425 sentences of The Rifle Rangers, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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