Chapter 8 of Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY. (With a Digression on "Hired Help.") "ABEL! Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round." Abel was Dr. Kittredge's hired man.
Chapter 8 of Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
From this reading “"ABEL!”
any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
From this reading “Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."”
a message that departs from the main subject
From this reading “(With a Digression on "Hired Help.")”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY.”
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."”
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading “(With a Digression on "Hired Help.")”
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading “THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY.”
move stealthily
From this reading “Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."”
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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 (With a Digression on "Hired Help.")
Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829)
From this reading "ABEL!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY.
any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
From this reading Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."
a message that departs from the main subject
From this reading (With a Digression on "Hired Help.")
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY.
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From this reading Abel was Dr. Kittredge's hired man.
go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading (With a Digression on "Hired Help.")
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading (With a Digression on "Hired Help.")
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Abel was Dr. Kittredge's hired man.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Abel was Dr. Kittredge's hired man.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading (With a Digression on "Hired Help.")
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."
move stealthily
From this reading Slip Cassia into the new sulky, and fetch her round."
sullen or moody
From this reading THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DOCTOR ORDERS THE BEST SULKY.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Abel was Dr. Kittredge's hired man.
in the company of; together with
From this reading (With a Digression on "Hired Help.")
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