Chapter 7 of Evenings at Home is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Evenings at Home is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Fa._ And the horse? _Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright. _Fa._ And the mane, is there no difference there? _Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any. _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
Chapter 7 of Evenings at Home is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “_Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.”
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading “_Fa._ And the mane, is there no difference there?”
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “_Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.”
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
From this reading “_Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?”
long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
From this reading “_Fa._ And the mane, is there no difference there?”
in a nice way
From this reading “_Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.”
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading “_Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?”
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading “_Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.”
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In this reading “_Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.”
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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 _Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Fa._ And the horse?
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading _Fa._ And the mane, is there no difference there?
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.
the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
From this reading _Fa._ And the horse?
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.
United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910)
From this reading _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
only a very short time before
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading _Fa._ And the horse?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Fa._ And the mane, is there no difference there?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has a fine long flowing mane; the ass has hardly any.
long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
From this reading _Fa._ And the mane, is there no difference there?
in a nice way
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.
not any; not one
From this reading _Fa._ And the mane, is there no difference there?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading _Fa._ And the tail: is it not fuller of hair in the horse than in the ass?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Fa._ And the horse?
in or at that place or location
From this reading _Fa._ And the mane, is there no difference there?
moved around an axis or center
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.
in a vertical position; not sloping
From this reading _Ch._ The horse has small ears, nicely turned and upright.
Chapter 7 of Evenings at Home by John Aikin holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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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