Chapter 2 of With Sam Houston in Texas A Boy Volunteer is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of With Sam Houston in Texas A Boy Volunteer is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.” “Fresh from Texas, be ye? Wall, what’s the chance down thar now? I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.” “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
Chapter 2 of With Sam Houston in Texas A Boy Volunteer is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading ““Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.””
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading ““Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.””
up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
From this reading ““Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.”
a commissioned military officer
From this reading ““Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.”
plural of “mexican” — a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading “I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.””
asked for
From this reading ““Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.”
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading “I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.””
the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading ““Fresh from Texas, be ye?”
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In this reading ““Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.”
(Southern or Midland) considerable
In this reading “I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.””
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Fresh from Texas, be ye?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Wall, what’s the chance down thar now?
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Wall, what’s the chance down thar now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading “Fresh from Texas, be ye?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
From this reading “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
plural of “mexican” — a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Wall, what’s the chance down thar now?
asked for
From this reading “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
express in words
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
From this reading “Fresh from Texas, be ye?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wall, what’s the chance down thar now?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Dick Carroll, gentlemen; from Gonzales in the DeWitt colony.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Wall, what’s the chance down thar now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wall, what’s the chance down thar now?
in the company of; together with
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “Fresh from Texas, be ye?
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes; give us the latest news, sir,” requested the lieutenant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hear tell you’ve been havin’ some right smart fightin’ with those thar Mexicans.”
Chapter 2 of With Sam Houston in Texas A Boy Volunteer by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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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