Chapter 5 of From Pillar to Post is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of From Pillar to Post is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch. "We're seven hours late as it is." "Oh, come now, Conductor!" said I. "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead. Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
Chapter 5 of From Pillar to Post is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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at or in the front
From this reading “"Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.”
any person at all
From this reading “"Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.”
exhale hard
From this reading “Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."”
the person who leads a musical group
From this reading “"Oh, come now, Conductor!" said I.”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."”
be the source of pain
From this reading “"Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."”
make whistling sounds
From this reading “Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."”
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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In this reading “"Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.”
proceed (with a plan of action)
In this reading “"Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.”
In this reading “"We're seven hours late as it is."”
In this reading “"We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.”
In this reading “Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."”
In this reading “"We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.”
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 "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
at or in the front
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
(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 "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
any person at all
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "We're seven hours late as it is."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
exhale hard
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Oh, come now, Conductor!" said I.
the person who leads a musical group
From this reading "Oh, come now, Conductor!" said I.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
the act of departing
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading "We're seven hours late as it is."
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
be the source of pain
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, come now, Conductor!" said I.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "We're seven hours late as it is."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "We're seven hours late as it is."
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading "We're seven hours late as it is."
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
not any; not one
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Oh, come now, Conductor!" said I.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, come now, Conductor!" said I.
and nothing more
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Five minutes more isn't going to hurt anybody--" "All right," said he, "go ahead.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading "We're seven hours late as it is."
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
look attentively
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
at the time that
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
make whistling sounds
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "We're not going to stop any time," said he, with a glance at his watch.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Only when you hear the whistle blow don't lose a minute, hungry or no hungry."
Chapter 5 of From Pillar to Post by John Kendrick Bangs holds 415 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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