Chapter 17 of The Round-Up: A Romance of Arizona is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Round-Up: A Romance of Arizona is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession. He stole away before he was observed. "It's all up with me," he thought. "Buck has told him. Slim hates me along o' Polly.
Chapter 17 of The Round-Up: A Romance of Arizona is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to strive with determination
From this reading “"Buck has told him.”
a partially opened flower
From this reading “A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.”
plural of “hate” — the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “Slim hates me along o' Polly.”
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading “A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.”
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading “A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “Slim hates me along o' Polly.”
furnishing support and encouragement
From this reading “A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.”
without doubt; certainly
From this reading “A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.”
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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 A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
(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 "It's all up with me," he thought.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Slim hates me along o' Polly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He stole away before he was observed.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He stole away before he was observed.
to strive with determination
From this reading "Buck has told him.
a partially opened flower
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Buck has told him.
plural of “hate” — the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading Slim hates me along o' Polly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stole away before he was observed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Buck has told him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
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From this reading "It's all up with me," he thought.
a narrow way or road
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It's all up with me," he thought.
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Slim hates me along o' Polly.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading He stole away before he was observed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Slim hates me along o' Polly.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
tending to return to an earlier state
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
cut with a saw
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading Slim hates me along o' Polly.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading He stole away before he was observed.
furnishing support and encouragement
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "It's all up with me," he thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "Buck has told him.
without doubt; certainly
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "It's all up with me," he thought.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading A New Deal Bud Lane, returning to camp, saw the returned Sheriff supporting the dying murderer of Terrill, and listening to what was undoubtedly his confession.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It's all up with me," he thought.
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