Chapter 4 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 495 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 495 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WANDERER'S RETURN. The Juke was the Sassy! Yes, it was! He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!! He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
Chapter 4 of Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus is here in full — 495 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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recognized or made known or admitted
From this reading “He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.”
a container; usually has a lid
From this reading “He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!”
the time when something begins (especially life)
From this reading “He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!”
a hazard on a golf course
From this reading “He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!”
in tiny pieces
From this reading “He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.”
a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
From this reading “The Juke was the Sassy!”
a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
From this reading “He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.”
improperly forward or bold
From this reading “The Juke was the Sassy!”
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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 He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
recognized or made known or admitted
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
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From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
a container; usually has a lid
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
the time when something begins (especially life)
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
a hazard on a golf course
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
in tiny pieces
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
the act of acquiring something
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yes, it was!
a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
From this reading The Juke was the Sassy!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading THE WANDERER'S RETURN.
improperly forward or bold
From this reading The Juke was the Sassy!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WANDERER'S RETURN.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
a source of difficulty
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE WANDERER'S RETURN.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Juke was the Sassy!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He had some trouble in getting hisself acknowledged as Juke in France, as the Orleans Dienasty and Borebones were fernest him, he finely conkered.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had bin to France and now he was home agin in Bostin, which gave birth to a Bunker Hill!!
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, it was!
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