Chapter 10 of A Tar-Heel Baron is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of A Tar-Heel Baron is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing." "_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?" "Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her. She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes." Friedrich passed his hand over his face.
Chapter 10 of A Tar-Heel Baron is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “"Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."”
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
From this reading “"Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her.”
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading “"Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."”
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “"Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."”
the sister of your spouse
From this reading “"_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?"”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “"_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?"”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."”
In this reading “"Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."”
put clothing on one's body
In this reading “"Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her.”
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 She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
From this reading "Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Friedrich passed his hand over his face.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Friedrich passed his hand over his face.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Friedrich passed his hand over his face.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Friedrich passed his hand over his face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Friedrich passed his hand over his face.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Oh, you needn't put on any dignity over her.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
the sister of your spouse
From this reading "_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
express a supposition
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading "_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
(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 She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading She isn't worth it, though I suppose you don't know that as well as you will in a few minutes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_She!_ Are you talking about my sister-in-law?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Stapfer was crazy over her, and she had some reason for your not knowing."
Chapter 10 of A Tar-Heel Baron by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Chapter 10 holds 421 sentences of A Tar-Heel Baron, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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