Chapter 17 of Hiram the Young Farmer is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Hiram the Young Farmer is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror. While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word. “Can't you back off?” Hi heard her ask the boatman. “Not without lightening her, Miss.
Chapter 17 of Hiram the Young Farmer is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who drives or rides in a boat
From this reading “Hi heard her ask the boatman.”
demanding attention
From this reading “While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.”
something intended to communicate a particular impression
From this reading “But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.”
descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
From this reading ““Not without lightening her, Miss.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.”
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading “While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
anew
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Hi heard her ask the boatman.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Can't you back off?”
someone who drives or rides in a boat
From this reading Hi heard her ask the boatman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Can't you back off?”
demanding attention
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
something intended to communicate a particular impression
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Hi heard her ask the boatman.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
an expression of greeting
From this reading Hi heard her ask the boatman.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
From this reading “Not without lightening her, Miss.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “Not without lightening her, Miss.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Can't you back off?”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But Hiram noted again that Lettie Bronson did not display terror.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hi heard her ask the boatman.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
during the time that
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “Not without lightening her, Miss.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading While her friends were screaming and crying, she sat perfectly quiet, and for a minute said never a word.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Can't you back off?”
Chapter 17 of Hiram the Young Farmer by Burbank L. Todd holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 17 holds 159 sentences of Hiram the Young Farmer, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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