Chapter 8 of The Scalp Hunters is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Scalp Hunters is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What does he intend to do with this? Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air? What else? His motions are watched in silence. Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
Chapter 8 of The Scalp Hunters is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a projectile that is fired from a gun
From this reading “Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?”
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?”
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading “What does he intend to do with this?”
plural of “motion” — the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading “His motions are watched in silence.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?”
being ten more than sixty
From this reading “Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.”
being ten more than fifty
From this reading “Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.”
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading “His motions are watched in silence.”
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
(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 Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His motions are watched in silence.
a projectile that is fired from a gun
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What does he intend to do with this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What else?
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What does he intend to do with this?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading What does he intend to do with this?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
plural of “motion” — the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading His motions are watched in silence.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
being ten more than sixty
From this reading Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading His motions are watched in silence.
being ten more than fifty
From this reading Nearly all the scalp-hunters, sixty or seventy, are on the ground.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What does he intend to do with this?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading His motions are watched in silence.
used to ask for information about something
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used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will he fling it up, and send his bullet through it in the air?
in the company of; together with
From this reading What does he intend to do with this?
Chapter 8 of The Scalp Hunters by Mayne Reid holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 8 holds 407 sentences of The Scalp Hunters, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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