Chapter 19 of The X Bar X boys at Nugget Camp is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of The X Bar X boys at Nugget Camp is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin. Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him. Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm. “Pay dirt!” Nick gasped.
Chapter 19 of The X Bar X boys at Nugget Camp is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading ““Pay dirt!””
release from entanglement of difficulty
From this reading “Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.”
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading “Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.”
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
From this reading “THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.”
superlative of “narrow” — not wide
From this reading “THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “Nick gasped.”
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading “Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.”
very great or intense
From this reading “Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.”
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.
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In this reading “THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.”
In this reading “Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.”
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading “Pay dirt!”
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
apart from; not including
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
release from entanglement of difficulty
From this reading Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading Nick gasped.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.
and nothing more
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
superlative of “narrow” — not wide
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
absolutely essential
From this reading Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading Nick gasped.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “Pay dirt!”
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
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From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
very great or intense
From this reading Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Forgotten was the terrific labor that had been necessary to extricate him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE STRANGER Forgotten now was the fate Roy had just escaped by the narrowest margin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Forgotten was everything except that piece of yellow-studded rock that lay on Roy’s palm.
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