Chapter 14 of With Boone on the frontier is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of With Boone on the frontier is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!” It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence. “Yes, but to where?” came from Harry. “That meat didn’t walk off by itself.” “Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.”
Chapter 14 of With Boone on the frontier is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to strive with determination
From this reading “ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!””
past form of “cart” — draw slowly or heavily
From this reading ““Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.””
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.”
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading ““That meat didn’t walk off by itself.””
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading “It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.”
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading “ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!””
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.””
In this reading “It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.”
In this reading “It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.”
In this reading “ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!””
In this reading ““Yes, but to where?” came from Harry.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
later than; following
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.”
to strive with determination
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Yes, but to where?” came from Harry.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “That meat didn’t walk off by itself.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Yes, but to where?” came from Harry.
past form of “cart” — draw slowly or heavily
From this reading “Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That meat didn’t walk off by itself.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Yes, but to where?” came from Harry.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
destroyed or killed
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Yes, but to where?” came from Harry.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “That meat didn’t walk off by itself.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
From this reading “That meat didn’t walk off by itself.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “That meat didn’t walk off by itself.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
causing physical or psychological pain
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.”
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That meat didn’t walk off by itself.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Yes, but to where?” came from Harry.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading ON THE TRAIL OF A THIEF “The buck is gone!”
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “That meat didn’t walk off by itself.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Yes, but to where?” came from Harry.
which person or people
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “Perhaps some wild animal carted it away, Harry.”
the words that are spoken
From this reading It was Joe who gasped out the words, after several seconds of painful silence.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, but to where?” came from Harry.
Chapter 14 of With Boone on the frontier by Edward Stratemeyer holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 14 holds 124 sentences of With Boone on the frontier, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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