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Chapter 13 of Vanguards of the Plains is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered. We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line. "Yonder they are! Yonder they are!" Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
Chapter 13 of Vanguards of the Plains is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bluff” — a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
From this reading “We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.”
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading “Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.”
the middle of the day
From this reading “High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.”
having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
From this reading “We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.”
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading “Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.”
in a swift manner
From this reading “Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.”
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
From this reading “We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “"Yonder they are!”
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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 We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Yonder they are!
plural of “bluff” — a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
one or the other of two
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
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From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
the force of workers available
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
not any; not one
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
the middle of the day
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
not in physical motion
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
in a swift manner
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yonder they are!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading High noon, and still no food, no water, and no lost men discovered.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Half a dozen men, led by Captain Jenness, were riding swiftly to join us and we shouted in our joy.
at the time that
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
From this reading We had pushed out to a little opening, ridged in on either side by high, brown bluffs, when a whoop came from the head of the line.
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading "Yonder they are!
Chapter 13 of Vanguards of the Plains by Margaret Hill McCarter holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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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