Chapter 3 of The squaw spy is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The squaw spy is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“GIVE ME ’REESA!” “Something must have happened to the girl. She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two. It’s after midnight now. I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
Chapter 3 of The squaw spy is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a young female
From this reading ““Something must have happened to the girl.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading ““Something must have happened to the girl.”
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading “She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “It’s after midnight now.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.””
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading “I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.””
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.””
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.”
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.
In this reading “I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.””
In this reading “It’s after midnight now.”
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.
later than; following
From this reading It’s after midnight now.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
a young female
From this reading “Something must have happened to the girl.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “GIVE ME ’REESA!”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “Something must have happened to the girl.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Something must have happened to the girl.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s after midnight now.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “GIVE ME ’REESA!”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading It’s after midnight now.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Something must have happened to the girl.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It’s after midnight now.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “GIVE ME ’REESA!”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something must have happened to the girl.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Something must have happened to the girl.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Something must have happened to the girl.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was to have been here in one hour, and here I have waited two.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll wait another ten minutes, and then I’ll go and see what’s up.”
Chapter 3 of The squaw spy by T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Harbaugh holds 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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 3 holds 140 sentences of The squaw spy, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The squaw spy by T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Harbaugh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 140 sentences, grouped into 28 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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