Chapter 7 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county. You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville? You born there? No! sho! Well, well!
Chapter 7 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having no known name or identity or known source
From this reading “ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.”
brought into existence
From this reading “You born there?”
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading “ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.”
a town in central Vermont
From this reading “ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
express in words
From this reading “You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?”
an affirmative
From this reading “ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.”
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In this reading “ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.”
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having no known name or identity or known source
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
brought into existence
From this reading You born there?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?
not any; not one
From this reading No! sho!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?
a town in central Vermont
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No! sho!
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
express in words
From this reading You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?
in or at that place or location
From this reading You born there?
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, well!
an affirmative
From this reading ANONYMOUS _Stranger here?_ Yes, come from Varmount Rutland county.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You born there?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've hern tell Mebbe of the town of Granville?
Chapter 7 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience by Grenville [Compiler] Kleiser holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 7 holds 402 sentences of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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