Chapter 5 of Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JOBE MUST RAISE $2,100. MY heart is heavy. Poor Jobe is nearly destracted. Our home is in jeopardy. Congressman Richer must have his money.
Chapter 5 of Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of the United States House of Representatives
From this reading “Congressman Richer must have his money.”
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading “MY heart is heavy.”
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading “Our home is in jeopardy.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “Congressman Richer must have his money.”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “Poor Jobe is nearly destracted.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Poor Jobe is nearly destracted.”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “JOBE MUST RAISE $2,100.”
comparative of “rich” — possessing material wealth
From this reading “Congressman Richer must have his money.”
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Our home is in jeopardy.”
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From this reading JOBE MUST RAISE $2,100.
a member of the United States House of Representatives
From this reading Congressman Richer must have his money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Poor Jobe is nearly destracted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Congressman Richer must have his money.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading MY heart is heavy.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading MY heart is heavy.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Congressman Richer must have his money.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Our home is in jeopardy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our home is in jeopardy.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MY heart is heavy.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading Our home is in jeopardy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOBE MUST RAISE $2,100.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Congressman Richer must have his money.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading JOBE MUST RAISE $2,100.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY heart is heavy.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Poor Jobe is nearly destracted.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our home is in jeopardy.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor Jobe is nearly destracted.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading JOBE MUST RAISE $2,100.
comparative of “rich” — possessing material wealth
From this reading Congressman Richer must have his money.
Chapter 5 of Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) by W. I. (William I.) Hood holds 64 sentences, grouped into 13 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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