Chapter 5 of Dorothy South is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Dorothy South is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif. Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops. I’ll ride over and direct you presently. Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters. Do you hear?”
Chapter 5 of Dorothy South is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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command with authority
From this reading “I’ll ride over and direct you presently.”
enclose with a fence
From this reading “Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.”
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading ““But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.”
a coniferous tree
From this reading “Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.”
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
From this reading “Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.”
plural of “shelter” — a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
From this reading “Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.”
superlative of “strong” — having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading “Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.”
of the highest quality
From this reading “Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.”
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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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.”
a young female
In this reading “Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.”
In this reading “I’ll ride over and direct you presently.”
to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something
In this reading “Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.”
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From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
command with authority
From this reading I’ll ride over and direct you presently.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you hear?”
being one more than seven
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
every person
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
enclose with a fence
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Do you hear?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ll ride over and direct you presently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
not any; not one
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
on one occasion
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
above and across; more than
From this reading I’ll ride over and direct you presently.
a coniferous tree
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
in the near future
From this reading I’ll ride over and direct you presently.
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading I’ll ride over and direct you presently.
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
plural of “shelter” — a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
superlative of “strong” — having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
of the highest quality
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
the act of using
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But, Mahstah,” remonstrated Gilbert, “dey ain’t no clapboa’ds to roof wif.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dey ain’t no nuffin--” “Use fence rails then and cover them with pine tops.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I’ll ride over and direct you presently.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Send me eight or ten of the strongest young women at once, and then get everybody to work on the shelters.
Chapter 5 of Dorothy South by George Cary Eggleston holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 409 sentences of Dorothy South, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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