Chapter 14 of A Rebellion in Dixie is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of A Rebellion in Dixie is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LEON A PRISONER. “Ah!” said Eph, “you’re there yet. You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason. Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.” Cale did not answer.
Chapter 14 of A Rebellion in Dixie is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “Cale did not answer.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.”
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading “You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.”
a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
From this reading “LEON A PRISONER.”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “LEON A PRISONER.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.””
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading “You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.”
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading “You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading LEON A PRISONER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah!” said Eph, “you’re there yet.
react verbally
From this reading Cale did not answer.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cale did not answer.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Cale did not answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah!” said Eph, “you’re there yet.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
From this reading LEON A PRISONER.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Cale did not answer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
above and across; more than
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading LEON A PRISONER.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Ah!” said Eph, “you’re there yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Ah!” said Eph, “you’re there yet.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
a crime that undermines the offender's government
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, that’s a good way to put in one’s time.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Ah!” said Eph, “you’re there yet.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah!” said Eph, “you’re there yet.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are thinking over how you can escape being hung for your treason.
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