Chapter 6 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.” The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen: “Dar now, heah dat? My chile hollerin’ fer her ole Mammy.” She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
Chapter 6 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
From this reading “My chile hollerin’ fer her ole Mammy.””
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading ““Dar now, heah dat?”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.”
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading “The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:”
your parents
From this reading ““An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.””
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
From this reading “The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.”
difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
From this reading “She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.”
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a woman who is old
In this reading “The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:”
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(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 “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
From this reading My chile hollerin’ fer her ole Mammy.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dar now, heah dat?
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “Dar now, heah dat?
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My chile hollerin’ fer her ole Mammy.”
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:
your parents
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
From this reading The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My chile hollerin’ fer her ole Mammy.”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
hear with intention
From this reading The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:
an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
the force of workers available
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My chile hollerin’ fer her ole Mammy.”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Dar now, heah dat?
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:
in the direction of
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
From this reading She turned her unwieldy body toward the faint cry that Erskine’s heart heard better than his ears, and Erskine hurried away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “An’ all de men folks leavin’ her heah wid nobody but black Ephraim an’ her ole Mammy.”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The old woman stopped her fiery harangue to listen:
Chapter 6 of Erskine Dale—Pioneer by John, Jr. Fox holds 449 sentences, grouped into 90 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.
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