Chapter 3 of The Way of an Indian is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Way of an Indian is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
On flew the Fire Eater. Confusion had come to him. The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word. His heart was upside down within him. His shadow flew away before him.
Chapter 3 of The Way of an Indian is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
From this reading “The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word.”
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading “Confusion had come to him.”
someone who consumes food for nourishment
From this reading “On flew the Fire Eater.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “On flew the Fire Eater.”
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “On flew the Fire Eater.”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “His shadow flew away before him.”
the highest or uppermost side of anything
From this reading “His heart was upside down within him.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “His heart was upside down within him.”
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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 The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading His shadow flew away before him.
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
From this reading The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading His shadow flew away before him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Confusion had come to him.
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading Confusion had come to him.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading His heart was upside down within him.
someone who consumes food for nourishment
From this reading On flew the Fire Eater.
start firing a weapon
From this reading On flew the Fire Eater.
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading On flew the Fire Eater.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Confusion had come to him.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His heart was upside down within him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Confusion had come to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On flew the Fire Eater.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading His shadow flew away before him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On flew the Fire Eater.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Confusion had come to him.
the highest or uppermost side of anything
From this reading His heart was upside down within him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His heart was upside down within him.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading His heart was upside down within him.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading The bat on his scalp-lock said never a word.
Chapter 3 of The Way of an Indian by Frederic Remington holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 436 sentences of The Way of an Indian, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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