Chapter 35 of American Adventures is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of American Adventures is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments? Orange-plantin'? Pine? Hotel? or Sanitarium? What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
Chapter 35 of American Adventures is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading “What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."”
a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
From this reading “MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?”
light informal conversation for social occasions
From this reading “MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?”
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “Hotel? or Sanitarium?”
plural of “investment” — the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
From this reading “MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?”
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?”
a coniferous tree
From this reading “Pine?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
light informal conversation for social occasions
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading Hotel? or Sanitarium?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
plural of “investment” — the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Orange-plantin'?
a coniferous tree
From this reading Pine?
a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
From this reading Hotel? or Sanitarium?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MISS "JAX" AND SOME FLORIDA GOSSIP "Or mebbe you 're intendin' of Investments?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What above This yea'th _can_ be your line?..."
Chapter 35 of American Adventures by Julian Street holds 135 sentences, grouped into 27 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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