Chapter 8 of An Open-Eyed Conspiracy is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of An Open-Eyed Conspiracy is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested. “Oh, I don’t know as I am. I never went much at home. Papa didn’t care to have me.” “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
Chapter 8 of An Open-Eyed Conspiracy is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “Papa didn’t care to have me.””
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading ““We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “I never went much at home.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading ““Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?””
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Papa didn’t care to have me.””
in a playful manner
From this reading ““We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading ““Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?””
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ““We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.”
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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 “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
(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 “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know as I am.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know as I am.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I never went much at home.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Papa didn’t care to have me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Papa didn’t care to have me.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know as I am.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Papa didn’t care to have me.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I never went much at home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know as I am.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know as I am.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Papa didn’t care to have me.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I never went much at home.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never went much at home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I don’t know as I am.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Papa didn’t care to have me.”
in a playful manner
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Papa didn’t care to have me.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I never went much at home.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Ah, do you think it was right for him to keep you all to himself?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We must get up a few if you’re so fond of them,” Kendricks playfully suggested.
Chapter 8 of An Open-Eyed Conspiracy by William Dean Howells holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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