Chapter 18 of Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“BONDS SELL WELL.” JOBE haint got that tax money yit. Times seem awful hard. But Jobe says they jist seem that way; they haint hard at all. “Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.
Chapter 18 of Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “Times seem awful hard.”
a relation that provides the foundation for something
From this reading ““Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.”
plural of “bond” — an electrical force linking atoms
From this reading ““BONDS SELL WELL.””
coins made of gold
From this reading ““Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Times seem awful hard.”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading ““BONDS SELL WELL.””
levy a tax on
From this reading “JOBE haint got that tax money yit.”
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading “Times seem awful hard.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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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 “Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.
(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 But Jobe says they jist seem that way; they haint hard at all.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But Jobe says they jist seem that way; they haint hard at all.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading Times seem awful hard.
a relation that provides the foundation for something
From this reading “Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.
plural of “bond” — an electrical force linking atoms
From this reading “BONDS SELL WELL.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Jobe says they jist seem that way; they haint hard at all.
coins made of gold
From this reading “Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading JOBE haint got that tax money yit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOBE haint got that tax money yit.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Times seem awful hard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Jobe says they jist seem that way; they haint hard at all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOBE haint got that tax money yit.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading JOBE haint got that tax money yit.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading But Jobe says they jist seem that way; they haint hard at all.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Times seem awful hard.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “BONDS SELL WELL.”
levy a tax on
From this reading JOBE haint got that tax money yit.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading JOBE haint got that tax money yit.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But Jobe says they jist seem that way; they haint hard at all.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Times seem awful hard.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Times are never hard under a gold basis,” Jobe says.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading But Jobe says they jist seem that way; they haint hard at all.
(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 “BONDS SELL WELL.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOBE haint got that tax money yit.
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