Chapter 14 of Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura? I thought I would go crazy. I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped. I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather. It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
Chapter 14 of Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bark” — speak in an unfriendly tone
From this reading “I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “I thought I would go crazy.”
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading “I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.”
roused to anger
From this reading “It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.”
past form of “scratch” — cause friction
From this reading “I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.”
performs some wicked deed
From this reading “WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?”
past form of “yelp” — bark in a high-pitched tone
From this reading “I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.”
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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 I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.
past form of “bark” — speak in an unfriendly tone
From this reading I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading I thought I would go crazy.
dearly loved
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I thought I would go crazy.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought I would go crazy.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
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From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
roused to anger
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
past form of “scratch” — cause friction
From this reading I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought I would go crazy.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to me that I would go mad if I could not get that door open.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I sprang up on it, and though I was quite a heavy dog by this time, I felt as light as a feather.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
in the company of; together with
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I thought I would go crazy.
performs some wicked deed
From this reading WHAT was the wretch doing in the house with my dear Miss Laura?
past form of “yelp” — bark in a high-pitched tone
From this reading I scratched at the door, and barked and yelped.
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