Chapter 4 of Hoosier Mosaics is here in full — 469 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of Hoosier Mosaics is here in full — 469 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way. 'Don't ye hear it?' I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!' 'Gone! Who told 'm to go on?
Chapter 4 of Hoosier Mosaics is here in full — 469 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/93 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'”
(of a surface) not written or printed on
From this reading “'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “'Don't ye hear it?'”
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading “'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.”
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.”
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.
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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “Who told 'm to go on?”
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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 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'
(of a surface) not written or printed on
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Don't ye hear it?'
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Who told 'm to go on?
destroyed or killed
From this reading I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading 'Don't ye hear it?'
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Don't ye hear it?'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading Who told 'm to go on?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
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 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I answered him, 'It's gone on to Savanny!'
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Who told 'm to go on?
create by training and teaching
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Where's my train?' says he, in a sort o' blank, hollow way.
which person or people
From this reading Who told 'm to go on?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading 'Don't ye hear it?'
Chapter 4 of Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson holds 469 sentences, grouped into 94 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 4 holds 469 sentences of Hoosier Mosaics, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 469 sentences, grouped into 94 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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