Chapter 1 of Country Luck is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Country Luck is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COUNTRY LUCK. AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC. PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 1887. “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
Chapter 1 of Country Luck is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC.”
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC.”
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading ““Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.””
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “COUNTRY LUCK.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “COUNTRY LUCK.”
the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
From this reading “PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading ““Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.””
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From this reading 1887.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
From this reading AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading COUNTRY LUCK.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading COUNTRY LUCK.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF “BRUETON’S BAYOU,” ETC.
the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
From this reading PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
at the time that
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Be sure to look us up when you come to the city.”
Chapter 1 of Country Luck by John Habberton holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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.
Chapter 1 holds 110 sentences of Country Luck, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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