Chapter XX
DANIEL BOONE’S GREAT SHOT “Oh, Harmony, the boys are coming back!” “So I see, Cora. What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?” “Some game, I suppose. Mrs. Parsons, can you make it out?”
With Boone on the frontier
Chapter XX
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DANIEL
BOONE’S
GREAT
SHOT
“Oh,
Harmony,
the
boys
are
coming
back!”
“So
I
see,
Cora.
What
is
that
they
are
dragging
on
the
snow
behind
them?”
“Some
game,
I
suppose.
Mrs.
Parsons,
can
you
make
it
out?”
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Line 1
DANIEL
BOONE’S
GREAT
SHOT
“Oh,
Harmony,
the
boys
are
coming
back!”
Line 2
“So
I
see,
Cora.
Line 3
What
is
that
they
are
dragging
on
the
snow
behind
them?”
Line 4
“Some
game,
I
suppose.
Line 5
Mrs.
Parsons,
can
you
make
it
out?”
Learner Dictionary
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Behind
preposition
US /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?””
GREAT
noun
US /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “DANIEL BOONE’S GREAT SHOT “Oh, Harmony, the boys are coming back!””
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mrs. Parsons, can you make it out?””
Suppose
noun
US /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Some game, I suppose.”
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading DANIEL BOONE’S GREAT SHOT “Oh, Harmony, the boys are coming back!”
back
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From this reading DANIEL BOONE’S GREAT SHOT “Oh, Harmony, the boys are coming back!”
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?”
BOONE'S
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boys
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canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Mrs. Parsons, can you make it out?”
coming
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Cora
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From this reading “So I see, Cora.
DANIEL
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dragging
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game
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From this reading “Some game, I suppose.
GREATnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DANIEL BOONE’S GREAT SHOT “Oh, Harmony, the boys are coming back!”
Harmony
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From this reading DANIEL BOONE’S GREAT SHOT “Oh, Harmony, the boys are coming back!”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “So I see, Cora.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Parsons, can you make it out?”
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Parsons, can you make it out?”
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Parsons, can you make it out?”
Oh
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?”
out
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Parsons
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see
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From this reading “So I see, Cora.
SHOT
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snow
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From this reading What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?”
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So I see, Cora.
Some
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From this reading “Some game, I suppose.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Some game, I suppose.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DANIEL BOONE’S GREAT SHOT “Oh, Harmony, the boys are coming back!”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?”
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is that they are dragging on the snow behind them?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mrs. Parsons, can you make it out?”