Chapter 11 of To The West is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of To The West is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was no answer. "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too. "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white. "Did you shoot him?" he said. "How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.
Chapter 11 of To The West is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading “"How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.”
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
From this reading “"Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.”
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading “"Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.”
(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
From this reading “"Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.”
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading “"Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.”
past form of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading “"Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.”
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “"Did you shoot him?" he said.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “"Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.”
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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 "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
anew
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading "How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
react verbally
From this reading There was no answer.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did you shoot him?" he said.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
(of time) having passed or slipped by
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Did you shoot him?" he said.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Did you shoot him?" he said.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no answer.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.
past form of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Did you shoot him?" he said.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading "Did you shoot him?" he said.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was no answer.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Here, Dean, come along," shouted Gunson again; and I shouted too.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no answer.
at the time that
From this reading "How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.
a Caucasian
From this reading "Ahoy!" came back from some distance away, and a good ten minutes elapsed before Esau reappeared, looking hot and white.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "How could I, when you ran away with the ammunition.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Did you shoot him?" he said.
Chapter 11 of To The West by George Manville Fenn holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 11 holds 416 sentences of To The West, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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