Chapter 8 of Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother! I oughtn't to have told it that way. But what does it mean? Why should you want him to go?" "Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?
Chapter 8 of Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!”
having lost your job
From this reading “"Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “"Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “But what does it mean?”
possessive form of “miner” — laborer who works in a mine
From this reading “IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Why should you want him to go?"”
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what does it mean?
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?
having lost your job
From this reading "Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But what does it mean?
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Why should you want him to go?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I oughtn't to have told it that way.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why should you want him to go?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I oughtn't to have told it that way.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I oughtn't to have told it that way.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading But what does it mean?
possessive form of “miner” — laborer who works in a mine
From this reading IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I oughtn't to have told it that way.
express in words
From this reading "Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should you want him to go?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I oughtn't to have told it that way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE MINER'S CABIN "Forgive me, mother!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I oughtn't to have told it that way.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I oughtn't to have told it that way.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Why should you want him to go?"
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I oughtn't to have told it that way.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what does it mean?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should you want him to go?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Did you not hear me say I would not have dismissed him?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why should you want him to go?"
Chapter 8 of Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch by Evelyn Raymond holds 247 sentences, grouped into 50 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.
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