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Chapter 11 of Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! is here in full — 461 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?" "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me. It'll probably be late before we come home. When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done. Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
Chapter 11 of Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! is here in full — 461 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “"Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “"Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"”
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading “It'll probably be late before we come home.”
footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
From this reading “Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “"Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."”
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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 When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It'll probably be late before we come home.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It'll probably be late before we come home.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It'll probably be late before we come home.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading "Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading It'll probably be late before we come home.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It'll probably be late before we come home.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading It'll probably be late before we come home.
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From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
informal terms for a mother
From this reading "Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading It'll probably be late before we come home.
footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Mama, am I gonna stay at Grandma Ming's?"
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
express in words
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Here, stick this other shoe on and let's go to the kitchen and get you some breakfast."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It'll probably be late before we come home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
at the time that
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When there's a death, you never can tell what's to be done.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, Bandershanks, you'd better go to Miss Ophelia's house with me.
Chapter 11 of Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Jewell Ellen Smith holds 461 sentences, grouped into 93 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.
Chapter 11 holds 461 sentences of Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt!, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
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