Chapter 15 of The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination. We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence. Even the elements seemed against me. In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them. CHAPTER SIXTY.
Chapter 15 of The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading “In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.”
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.”
violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)
From this reading “Even the elements seemed against me.”
of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
From this reading “Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.”
possessive form of “heart” — the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading “In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.”
being ten more than fifty
From this reading “CHAPTER SIXTY.”
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading “We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.”
a coming to an end of a contract period
From this reading “Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Even the elements seemed against me.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
From this reading In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.
unproductive of success
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER SIXTY.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)
From this reading Even the elements seemed against me.
divisible by two
From this reading Even the elements seemed against me.
of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
possessive form of “heart” — the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even the elements seemed against me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Even the elements seemed against me.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
being ten more than fifty
From this reading CHAPTER SIXTY.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
showing a brooding ill humor
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
a coming to an end of a contract period
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In my heart's bitterness, I cursed them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We drew up under the rocks, and stood side by side in sullen silence.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Almost in an instant our lights were extinguished, and our bootless search brought to a termination.
Chapter 15 of The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 15 holds 395 sentences of The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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