Chapter 13 of The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I doubted it. “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth. Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit. You have read this hyeh Kenilworth? Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
Chapter 13 of The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.””
strips of potato fried in deep fat
From this reading ““Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.”
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading “Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.”
plural of “mo” — an indefinitely short time
From this reading “Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.”
measure the depth of something
From this reading “Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.””
cause fear in
From this reading “Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.””
being a smooth continuous motion
From this reading ““Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.”
queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
From this reading ““Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.”
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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 Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
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From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
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From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
strips of potato fried in deep fat
From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
past form of “doubt” — consider unlikely or have doubts about
From this reading I doubted it.
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From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
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From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have read this hyeh Kenilworth?
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
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From this reading You have read this hyeh Kenilworth?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I doubted it.
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I doubted it.
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From this reading You have read this hyeh Kenilworth?
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
plural of “mo” — an indefinitely short time
From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
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 Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
and nothing more
From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
measure the depth of something
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
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From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading You have read this hyeh Kenilworth?
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
cause fear in
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
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From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
people who have been slain (as in battle)
From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
being a smooth continuous motion
From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You have read this hyeh Kenilworth?
queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
From this reading Only mos’ prob’ly Victoria she’d insist on a half-cent limit.
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From this reading “Victoria’d get pretty nigh slain sliding chips out agaynst Elizabeth.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Well, deal Elizabeth ace high, an’ she could scare Robert Dudley with a full house plumb out o’ the bettin’.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have read this hyeh Kenilworth?
Chapter 13 of The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister holds 232 sentences, grouped into 47 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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