Chapter 32 of Garryowen is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Garryowen is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You're right," said French. "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind. It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune. I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut. She's a jewel, begad, she's a jewel!
Chapter 32 of Garryowen is here in full — 48 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.”
cause to slow down or get stuck
From this reading “I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.”
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading “"Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “"Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.”
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading “She's a jewel, begad, she's a jewel!”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.”
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading “It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.”
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In this reading “It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.”
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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 It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's a jewel, begad, she's a jewel!
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
cause to slow down or get stuck
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
the two together, not just one
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
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From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
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From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
opinion or judgment
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading "You're right," said French.
a young female
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
From this reading She's a jewel, begad, she's a jewel!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "You're right," said French.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You're right," said French.
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's a jewel, begad, she's a jewel!
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
successive (without a break)
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
express in words
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Faith, the horse has nearly driven everything else out of my mind.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It's a queer business the way that girl come to my house and saved my fortune.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I tell you straight, she put the come'ither on me so that I'd follow her through the black bog itself, if she beckoned me, with both eyes shut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're right," said French.
Chapter 32 of Garryowen by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole holds 48 sentences, grouped into 10 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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