Chapter 6 of Hard-Pan: A Story of Bonanza Fortunes is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Hard-Pan: A Story of Bonanza Fortunes is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Dear child, why go over all this? It's only a pain to us both." He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away. "I didn't know where it came from. I believed him.
Chapter 6 of Hard-Pan: A Story of Bonanza Fortunes is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I believed him.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “"Dear child, why go over all this?”
dearly loved
From this reading “"Dear child, why go over all this?”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.”
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading “He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “It's only a pain to us both."”
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading “He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading “He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"Dear child, why go over all this?”
In this reading “"I didn't know where it came from.”
hold a review (of troops)
In this reading “"Dear child, why go over all this?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It's only a pain to us both."
(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 "Dear child, why go over all this?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I believed him.
the two together, not just one
From this reading It's only a pain to us both."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "I didn't know where it came from.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Dear child, why go over all this?
dearly loved
From this reading "Dear child, why go over all this?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I didn't know where it came from.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "I didn't know where it came from.
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Dear child, why go over all this?
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I didn't know where it came from.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I didn't know where it came from.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's only a pain to us both."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I didn't know where it came from.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
and nothing more
From this reading It's only a pain to us both."
above and across; more than
From this reading "Dear child, why go over all this?
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading It's only a pain to us both."
the act of applying force in order to move something away
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
carry out
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Dear child, why go over all this?
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's only a pain to us both."
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He tried to take her hands, but she drew them back and made a gesture as though pushing him away.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It's only a pain to us both."
in or at the place that
From this reading "I didn't know where it came from.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Dear child, why go over all this?
Chapter 6 of Hard-Pan: A Story of Bonanza Fortunes by Geraldine Bonner holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 6 holds 413 sentences of Hard-Pan: A Story of Bonanza Fortunes, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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