Chapter 5 of Highland annals is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Highland annals is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Burden! Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other. You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire! But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her. Here’s my pocketbook.
Chapter 5 of Highland annals is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte
From this reading “But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.”
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading ““Burden!”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.”
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading “You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!”
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading “Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.”
your personal financial means
From this reading “Here’s my pocketbook.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!”
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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 You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
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From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte
From this reading But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading “Burden!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
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From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
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From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
plural of “feel” — an intuitive awareness
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
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From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
start firing a weapon
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
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From this reading But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
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From this reading Here’s my pocketbook.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
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From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.
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From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
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From this reading But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
plural of “mi” — destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
your personal financial means
From this reading Here’s my pocketbook.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
in or at that place or location
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.
at the time that
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
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From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I’m goin’ back to Asheville, an’ I won’t try to see her.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Mis’ Dolly, I’d be willin’ to carry Evvie with one arm and do my work with the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You don’t know how a man feels when there ain’t but one woman fer him an’ another man’s got her--a man ’at wouldn’t pull her out o’ the fire!
Chapter 5 of Highland annals by Olive Tilford Dargan holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 5 holds 436 sentences of Highland annals, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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