Chapter 15 of A Hoosier Chronicle is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of A Hoosier Chronicle is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right. I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way. It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection. Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you. You'll have to furnish local bondsmen.
Chapter 15 of A Hoosier Chronicle is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading “Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.”
say something to someone that expresses praise
From this reading “It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.”
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading “It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.”
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading “You'll have to furnish local bondsmen.”
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading “You'll have to furnish local bondsmen.”
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading “I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.”
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading “I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.”
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 A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
at or in the front
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You'll have to furnish local bondsmen.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
say something to someone that expresses praise
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading You'll have to furnish local bondsmen.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading You'll have to furnish local bondsmen.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Go ahead, and call on me if I can help you.
Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
precisely, exactly
From this reading A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SURPRISE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB "That's all right.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It's a good deal of a compliment that she thought of you in that connection.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I shall be glad to have you serve Mrs. Owen in any way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You'll have to furnish local bondsmen.
Chapter 15 of A Hoosier Chronicle by Meredith Nicholson holds 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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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