Chapter 2 of Goose Creek Folks is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Goose Creek Folks is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“At Bentville.” “Bentville! What kind of a place is hit? I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind. I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
Chapter 2 of Goose Creek Folks is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.””
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading “I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “What kind of a place is hit?”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “What kind of a place is hit?”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.””
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading “I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.”
to hold fast or prevent from moving
From this reading “I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.””
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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 What kind of a place is hit?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “At Bentville.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “At Bentville.”
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
cause to move by striking
From this reading What kind of a place is hit?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What kind of a place is hit?
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading What kind of a place is hit?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
in no manner; in no way
From this reading I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What kind of a place is hit?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
to hold fast or prevent from moving
From this reading I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading What kind of a place is hit?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I couldn’t pin myself down ter book larnin’ nohow.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading I come purty nigh goin’ thar onct and then I changed my mind.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What kind of a place is hit?
Chapter 2 of Goose Creek Folks by Isabel Graham Bush holds 458 sentences, grouped into 92 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.
Chapter 2 holds 458 sentences of Goose Creek Folks, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Goose Creek Folks by Isabel Graham Bush exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 458 sentences, grouped into 92 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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