The Ransom of Red Chief

 

Thowing

Pronunciation: /throw-uhng/

Function in the sentence: Noun
Meaning leaned:The act of projecting or casting (something) through the air, esp with a rapid motion of the arm and wrist.
Original sentence:“The boy was in the street, throwing rocks at a cat on the opposite fence.”


Sentences: 

1. But that’s no reason to go throwing our money around.

2. Yes, I am a good friend for throwing the party.

featherss 

Pronunciation: /ˈfɛðəz/

Function in the sentence: Noun

Meaning leaned:One of the light soft things that cover a bird’s body.

Original sentence:“The boy had two large bird feathers stuck in his hair.”

Sentences:

1. There are feathers of ostrich.

2. Feathers of different colors, shapes and textures.

captive

Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.tɪv/

Function in the sentence:Noun

Meaning leaned:A person or animal whose ability to move or act freely is limited by being kept in a space.

Original sentence:“I’m Old Hank, the trapper, Red Chief’s captive.”

Sentences:

1. Captive use by the Community industry.

2. I was captive for love.

kidnapping

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪd·næp·ɪŋ/
Function in the sentence:Noun
Meaning leaned: An occasion when someone is kidnapped.
Original sentence:“When this kidnapping idea struck us.”

Sentences:

1. The reason was the kidnapping of a girl in Tegucigalpa.

2. Antonio was convicted of kidnapping.

cave

Pronunciation: /kāv/
Function in the sentence: Noun

Meaning leaned: A cave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground.

Original sentence:“We stored our supplies in that cave.”

Sentences:

1. This cave is the reflection of a mysterious ancient culture.

2. The other lives in a cave.

sling

Pronunciation: /slihng/

Function in the sentence: verb

Meaning leaned: To throw or drop something carelessly.

Original sentence: Just then we heard a loud cry Red Chief was playing with the sling shot.

Sentences:

1. Don't just sling your bag on the floor!

2. If any of the letters aren't interesting just sling them in the bin.

hiding

Pronunciation: /heye·dihng/

Function in the sentence: Noun

Meaning leaned: A punishment that consists of being beaten repeatedly.

Original sentence: It was the perfect hiding place for us.

Sentences:

1. He was hiding the guy.

2. I need a hiding place.

gallop

Pronunciation: /gae.luhp/

Function in the sentence:

Meaning leaned: (of a horse) To run fast so that all four feet come off the ground together in each act of forward movement, or (of a person) to ride a horse that is running in this way.

Original sentence: And you must gallop fast because the pioneers are in danger

Sentences:

1. The bones of the horse gallop.

2. Mario heard him gallop away.

kick

Pronunciation: /kihk/

Function in the sentence: Noun

Meaning leaned: To hit someone or something with the foot, or to move the feet and legs suddenly and violently.

Original sentence: Listen, kid don't kick me or I'll...

Sentences

1. That was my first kick.

2. His legs began to kick.

upset

Pronunciation: /up.seht/

Function in the sentence: Verb

Meaning leaned: To make someone worried, unhappy, or angry

Original sentence: One man said , Old Mr Ebenezer Dorset

Sentences:

1. He was very upset now.

2. He knew she was upset.

pocket

Pronunciation: /paa.kiht/

Function in the sentence: Noun

Meaning leaned: A small bag for carrying things in, made of cloth and sewn into the inside or onto the outside of a piece of clothing.

Original sentence: After breakfast the kid took a sling chat out of his pocket and went outsid the cave.

Sentences

1. Put it in his pocket.

2. He had it in his pocket.

pulling

Pronunciation: /puh.lihng/

Function in the sentence: Verb

Meaning leaned: To move something towards yourself, sometimes with great physical effort.

Original sentence: He was pulling Bill's hair with one hand.

Sentences

1. The car was pulling a caravan.

2. The sun was so strong we had to pull down the blinds.

scalp

Pronunciation: /skaelp/
Function in the sentence: Noun
Meaning leaned: The skin on the top of a person's head where hair usually grows.

Original sentence: He was trying to take Bill's scalp!

Sentences

1.Her scalp started to tear off.

2. He dug his nails into his scalp.

hunter

Pronunciation: /hun.tuhr/
Function in the sentence: Noun
Meaning leaned: A person or an animal that hunts animals for food or for sport.
Original sentence: I'm a hunter called Hank and I'm Red Chief's prisoner.

Sentences

1. His name is Lion Hunter.

2. The hunter shook his head.

floods

Pronunciation: /fludz/
Function in the sentence: Noun
Meaning leaned: Something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep them alive.

Original sentence: I was with you during earthquakes, fire, floods, cyclones, train robberies and police raids.

Sentences:

1. The light floods the pillow.

2. For pictures of the floods.

hitchet

Pronunciation: hicht
Function in the sentence: verb (pass)
Meaning leaned: Move (something) into a different position with a jerk.

Original sentence: “We took him up to the cave, and I hitched the horse in the cedar brake.”

Sentences:

1. I've been hitched on the computer

2. She has me hitched 

snakeeye

Pronunciation: /sneɪk·aɪz/

Function in the sentence: Noun

Meaning leaned: A throw of two ones with a pair of dice.

Original sentence: : “He immediately christened me Snakeeye, the Spy, and announced that, when his braves returned from the warpath, I was to be broiled at the stake at the rising of the sun.”

Sentences:

1. Cats have snake eye.

2. They looked at me with snake eye.

Daybreak

Pronunciation: /day·brayk/

Function in the sentence: Noun

Meaning leaned: The time in the morning when daylight first appears; dawn.

Original sentence: 1.I'll be with you until daybreak

2.It is beautiful to watch daybreak alone.

Sentences:

1. I'll be with you until daybreak.

2. It is beautiful to watch daybreak alone.

Roudy

Pronunciation: /rau-dee/

Function in the sentence: adjective

Meaning leaned: Noisy and disorderly.

Original sentence: Said I. “A rowdy kid like that is just the kind that parents dote on.”

Sentences:

1. Children are very rowdy.

2. I don't like rock concerts because they are rowdy.

Hearthquakers

Pronunciation: /uhth·kwayks/

Function in the sentence: Noun (plural noun)

Meaning leaned: A sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

Original sentence: “I’ve stood by you without batting an eye in earthquakes, fire and flood—in poker games, dynamite outrages, police raids, train robberies and cyclones.”

Sentences

1. In Chile there are many earthquakes.

2. Since they dropped the nuclear bomb on Japan there have been many tsunamis and earthquakes.