Chapter 8 of Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I was learning fast. I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas. It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church. Mierd told me that. And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
Chapter 8 of Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.”
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.”
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.”
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
From this reading “I was learning fast.”
corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
From this reading “It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.”
a lightweight cord
From this reading “It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.”
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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 And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
divisible by two
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading I was learning fast.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was learning fast.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
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From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
having or showing profound knowledge
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
From this reading I was learning fast.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mierd told me that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mierd told me that.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
be seated
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
a lightweight cord
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mierd told me that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Mierd told me that.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading It's so you can sit on the kitchen floor and string popcorn to hang on the big tree at church.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was learning fast.
at the time that
From this reading And she was in a good humor, even laughing, when she said it.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I learned why you have to have Christmas Eve Day before you can have Christmas.
Chapter 8 of Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Jewell Ellen Smith holds 324 sentences, grouped into 65 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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