Chapter 7 of Gritny people is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Gritny people is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait. She had a little surprise for everybody. She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.” Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together. The announcement brought a smile to every face.
Chapter 7 of Gritny people is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a formal public statement
From this reading “The announcement brought a smile to every face.”
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.””
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
From this reading “Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.””
give moral or emotional strength to
From this reading “She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.””
every person
From this reading “She had a little surprise for everybody.”
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
From this reading “She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.””
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.”
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In this reading “She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.””
In this reading “She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.””
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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 She had a little surprise for everybody.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.
(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 Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
a formal public statement
From this reading The announcement brought a smile to every face.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The announcement brought a smile to every face.
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
give moral or emotional strength to
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The announcement brought a smile to every face.
every person
From this reading She had a little surprise for everybody.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The announcement brought a smile to every face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had a little surprise for everybody.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a little surprise for everybody.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She had a little surprise for everybody.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
a separate part of a whole
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had a little surprise for everybody.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading The announcement brought a smile to every face.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading She had a little surprise for everybody.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Carmelite took his hat and told him to wait.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Then afterwards, they could all go to the wake together.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She had a nice cake she made for the occasion, and she wanted each one to have a piece of cake and some coffee “to console dey feelin’s for not winnin’ de quilt.”
Chapter 7 of Gritny people by R. Emmet (Robert Emmet) Kennedy holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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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