Chapter 3 of At Hotel On-de-Blink is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of At Hotel On-de-Blink is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RUFF. Well, you see---- WEBER (_to_ RUFF.). Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain? RUFF. Why--er--yes.
Chapter 3 of At Hotel On-de-Blink is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?”
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
From this reading “Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?”
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading “Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?”
injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
From this reading “Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?”
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
From this reading “RUFF.”
plural of “symptom” — (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
From this reading “Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?”
a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
From this reading “Well, you see---- WEBER (_to_ RUFF.).”
an affirmative
From this reading “Why--er--yes.”
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In this reading “Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?”
In this reading “Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?”
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any thing at all
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading Why--er--yes.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
From this reading RUFF.
express in words
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Well, you see---- WEBER (_to_ RUFF.).
plural of “symptom” — (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
From this reading Say, does you know anything ’bout de symptoms of concussion ob de brain?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, you see---- WEBER (_to_ RUFF.).
a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells
From this reading Well, you see---- WEBER (_to_ RUFF.).
(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, you see---- WEBER (_to_ RUFF.).
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why--er--yes.
an affirmative
From this reading Why--er--yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, you see---- WEBER (_to_ RUFF.).
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