Chapter 11 of Back Home is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Back Home is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you. It really is very simple. I'll tell you about it. All show-actors are born double-jointed. You have only two hip-joints.
Chapter 11 of Back Home is here in full — 213 sentences across 43 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.
brought into existence
From this reading “All show-actors are born double-jointed.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.”
and nothing more
From this reading “You have only two hip-joints.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “It really is very simple.”
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading “It really is very simple.”
express in words
From this reading “I'll tell you about it.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “You have only two hip-joints.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I'll tell you about it.
(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 All show-actors are born double-jointed.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All show-actors are born double-jointed.
brought into existence
From this reading All show-actors are born double-jointed.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers
From this reading All show-actors are born double-jointed.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have only two hip-joints.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have only two hip-joints.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll tell you about it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It really is very simple.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It really is very simple.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
and nothing more
From this reading You have only two hip-joints.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading It really is very simple.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading It really is very simple.
express in words
From this reading I'll tell you about it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading You have only two hip-joints.
precisely as stated
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
Chapter 11 of Back Home by Eugene Wood holds 213 sentences, grouped into 43 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.
Chapter 11 holds 213 sentences of Back Home, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Back Home by Eugene Wood exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 213 sentences, grouped into 43 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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