Chapter 5 of Fresh Every Hour is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Fresh Every Hour is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Wait a minute,” he said. “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto. These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago. Maybe someone would notice that. Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
Chapter 5 of Fresh Every Hour is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a line of approach
From this reading “Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.””
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.””
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.”
the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading “These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.”
a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading ““Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.”
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading “Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.””
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Maybe someone would notice that.”
possessive form of “yesterday” — the day immediately before today
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “Wait a minute,” he said.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
any thing at all
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
a line of approach
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
remove the dust from
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
a quad with a square body
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Wait a minute,” he said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
by chance
From this reading Maybe someone would notice that.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Wait a minute,” he said.
a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading Maybe someone would notice that.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
happening in or being of another town or city
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
above and across; more than
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Wait a minute,” he said.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Maybe someone would notice that.
be standing; be upright
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
of high or superior quality or performance
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
required or under orders
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Maybe someone would notice that.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading These are Cleveland papers and this box is supposed to come from Chicago.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Wait a minute,” he said.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Maybe someone would notice that.
possessive form of “yesterday” — the day immediately before today
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Never give ’em a chance to have anything on you is always my motto.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Put your coat on and dust around to that out-of-town newspaper stand over on Superior Avenue and buy a bunch of yesterday’s Chicago papers.”
Chapter 5 of Fresh Every Hour by John Peter Toohey holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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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