Chapter 19 of To The West is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of To The West is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Was he firing at me?" said Esau. "Yes; he saw you, I suppose." "But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly. "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns." "Hist!"
Chapter 19 of To The West is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “chap” — a boy or man
From this reading “"Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."”
(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 “"Was he firing at me?" said Esau.”
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
From this reading “"Was he firing at me?" said Esau.”
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “"Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “"But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly.”
in an indignant manner
From this reading “"But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly.”
express a supposition
From this reading “"Yes; he saw you, I suppose."”
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
From this reading “"Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."”
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Was he firing at me?" said Esau.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly.
plural of “chap” — a boy or man
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly.
(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 "Was he firing at me?" said Esau.
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
From this reading "Was he firing at me?" said Esau.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Was he firing at me?" said Esau.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hist!"
cause to move by striking
From this reading "But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes; he saw you, I suppose."
in an indignant manner
From this reading "But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Was he firing at me?" said Esau.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "But he might have hit me," cried Esau, indignantly.
not any; not one
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Was he firing at me?" said Esau.
cut with a saw
From this reading "Yes; he saw you, I suppose."
express a supposition
From this reading "Yes; he saw you, I suppose."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Was he firing at me?" said Esau.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Chaps like that have no business to be trusted with guns."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes; he saw you, I suppose."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yes; he saw you, I suppose."
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