Chapter 3 of The X Bar X boys in Thunder Canyon is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The X Bar X boys in Thunder Canyon is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze. “Yo-o, Ted! What you say-y-y? Where you been?” “How do I get out of here?”
Chapter 3 of The X Bar X boys in Thunder Canyon is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.”
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.”
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.”
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading “THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.”
-ing form of “slouch” — assume a drooping posture or carriage
From this reading “THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading ““Yo-o, Ted!”
having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
From this reading “THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.”
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In this reading “THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading ““How do I get out of here?””
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react verbally
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Where you been?”
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “How do I get out of here?”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “How do I get out of here?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “How do I get out of here?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How do I get out of here?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “How do I get out of here?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “How do I get out of here?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “How do I get out of here?”
a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What you say-y-y?
-ing form of “slouch” — assume a drooping posture or carriage
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “Yo-o, Ted!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What you say-y-y?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where you been?”
having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
From this reading THE SLOUCHING RIDER Nick Looker’s answer winged down on the evening breeze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yo-o, Ted!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What you say-y-y?
Chapter 3 of The X Bar X boys in Thunder Canyon by James Cody Ferris holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
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