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Chapter 10 of The Young Ranchers is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BENT ARM AND HIS BAND. George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away: "Plummer is in those bushes." "Is he----" Mrs. Starr hesitated with the dreadful word unuttered. "Yes; he is dead; killed by the Indians!"
Chapter 10 of The Young Ranchers is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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troubled emotionally and usually deeply
From this reading “George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:”
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading “BENT ARM AND HIS BAND.”
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “"Plummer is in those bushes."”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:”
in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions
From this reading “George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:”
plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India
From this reading “"Yes; he is dead; killed by the Indians!"”
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading “George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:”
rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)
From this reading “George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:”
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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 George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
troubled emotionally and usually deeply
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BENT ARM AND HIS BAND.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading BENT ARM AND HIS BAND.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading BENT ARM AND HIS BAND.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading BENT ARM AND HIS BAND.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading "Plummer is in those bushes."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Yes; he is dead; killed by the Indians!"
a young person of either sex
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "Yes; he is dead; killed by the Indians!"
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading "Is he----" Mrs. Starr hesitated with the dreadful word unuttered.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading "Is he----" Mrs. Starr hesitated with the dreadful word unuttered.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BENT ARM AND HIS BAND.
in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Plummer is in those bushes."
plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India
From this reading "Yes; he is dead; killed by the Indians!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Plummer is in those bushes."
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "Yes; he is dead; killed by the Indians!"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Is he----" Mrs. Starr hesitated with the dreadful word unuttered.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
plural of “pace” — the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
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From this reading "Plummer is in those bushes."
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Plummer is in those bushes."
a fact that has been verified
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
not made explicit
From this reading "Is he----" Mrs. Starr hesitated with the dreadful word unuttered.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
during the time that
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Is he----" Mrs. Starr hesitated with the dreadful word unuttered.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "Is he----" Mrs. Starr hesitated with the dreadful word unuttered.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes; he is dead; killed by the Indians!"
but in spite of that
From this reading George Starr was so agitated that, forgetting the presence of his little child, he impulsively spoke the truth, while yet a few paces away:
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