Chapter 23 of The Spirit of the Border is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of The Spirit of the Border is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds. "I remember that vine-covered stone. We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip. There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk. Yes, and there's the spring.
Chapter 23 of The Spirit of the Border is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “crawl” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.”
moving swiftly
From this reading “There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.”
a small natural hill
From this reading “There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.”
cut with a tomahawk
From this reading “There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.”
a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
From this reading “"I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.”
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “"I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.”
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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 There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
past form of “crawl” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
moving swiftly
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
cause to move by striking
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
a small natural hill
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
above and across; more than
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
To recall to mind.
From this reading "I remember that vine-covered stone.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
the season of growth
From this reading Yes, and there's the spring.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "I remember that vine-covered stone.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I remember that vine-covered stone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
cut with a tomahawk
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
precisely as stated
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I remember that vine-covered stone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We crawled over it to get at Girty and Silvertip.
in or at the place that
From this reading There's the little knoll; here's the very spot where I was hit by a flying tomahawk.
a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading "I have been here before," said Joe to Whispering Winds.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, and there's the spring.
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