Chapter 2 of Elder Conklin and Other Stories is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Elder Conklin and Other Stories is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Kin you drive kyows?” “I think so; I've done it as a boy.” “Wall, to-day's Saturday. There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka. They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.
Chapter 2 of Elder Conklin and Other Stories is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading “They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.”
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading “There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading ““Kin you drive kyows?””
an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
From this reading “There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.”
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading ““Kin you drive kyows?””
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading ““Wall, to-day's Saturday.”
plural of “scale” — an ordered reference standard
From this reading “There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.”
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading “They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “Kin you drive kyows?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.
an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading “Kin you drive kyows?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Kin you drive kyows?”
not any; not one
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “Wall, to-day's Saturday.
plural of “scale” — an ordered reference standard
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
an educational institution
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “I think so; I've done it as a boy.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There ain't no school, and I've some cattle to drive to the scales in Eureka.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Wall, to-day's Saturday.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “Wall, to-day's Saturday.
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Kin you drive kyows?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They're in the brush yonder, ef you'd help.
Chapter 2 of Elder Conklin and Other Stories by Frank Harris holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 2 holds 431 sentences of Elder Conklin and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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