Chapter 20 of The X Bar X boys on Whirlpool River is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The X Bar X boys on Whirlpool River is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched. There was warm sun to bask in. There was the placid river to drink from. Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them. “Just in time to be late!”
Chapter 20 of The X Bar X boys on Whirlpool River is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 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.
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading “There was warm sun to bask in.”
concealing something under the ground
From this reading “Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.”
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading “Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.”
shoot down, of birds
From this reading “Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.”
weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
From this reading “Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.”
past form of “munch” — chew noisily
From this reading “Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.”
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
From this reading “There was the placid river to drink from.”
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading “Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “There was warm sun to bask in.”
In this reading “There was warm sun to bask in.”
In this reading “Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.”
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.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading There was warm sun to bask in.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
concealing something under the ground
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.
take in liquids
From this reading There was the placid river to drink from.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was the placid river to drink from.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was warm sun to bask in.
and nothing more
From this reading “Just in time to be late!”
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading “Just in time to be late!”
past form of “munch” — chew noisily
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
not one, and not any
From this reading Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
From this reading There was the placid river to drink from.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading There was the placid river to drink from.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading There was warm sun to bask in.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Just in time to be late!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading There was warm sun to bask in.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Burying the Hatchet There was tender grass to be munched.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet of cattle there was none, nor any sign of them.
Chapter 20 of The X Bar X boys on Whirlpool River by James Cody Ferris holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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 20 holds 181 sentences of The X Bar X boys on Whirlpool River, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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