Chapter 25 of Westy Martin on the Santa Fe Trail is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Westy Martin on the Santa Fe Trail is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Three nights and two days! What was this dawn bringing to them? Rain, hunger and thirst again? Westy wondered. Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
Chapter 25 of Westy Martin on the Santa Fe Trail is here in full — 31 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
From this reading “Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.”
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading “What was this dawn bringing to them?”
the first light of day
From this reading “What was this dawn bringing to them?”
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
From this reading “Rain, hunger and thirst again?”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Three nights and two days!”
a physiological need to drink
From this reading “Rain, hunger and thirst again?”
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading “Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.”
lacking any legal or binding force
From this reading “Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.”
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In this reading “Three nights and two days!”
In this reading “Three nights and two days!”
In this reading “Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.”
In this reading “Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
anew
From this reading Rain, hunger and thirst again?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three nights and two days!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
From this reading What was this dawn bringing to them?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
the first light of day
From this reading What was this dawn bringing to them?
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Three nights and two days!
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
From this reading Rain, hunger and thirst again?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Three nights and two days!
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading Rain, hunger and thirst again?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What was this dawn bringing to them?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
a physiological need to drink
From this reading Rain, hunger and thirst again?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What was this dawn bringing to them?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three nights and two days!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What was this dawn bringing to them?
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Three nights and two days!
lacking any legal or binding force
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was this dawn bringing to them?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
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From this reading Westy wondered.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was this dawn bringing to them?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where there had been nothing but blackness above and beneath them there were now little faint touches of light in the dark void above the trees.
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading Westy wondered.
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