Chapter 8 of Jill's Red Bag is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Jill's Red Bag is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The elder touched his cap. "Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney." "What did Mr. Courtney tell you to do?" "To make good that there stone wall, ma'am." "Then why are you here?"
Chapter 8 of Jill's Red Bag is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “The elder touched his cap.”
a person who is older than you are
From this reading “The elder touched his cap.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “"Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney."”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “"To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."”
express in words
From this reading “"What did Mr. Courtney tell you to do?"”
having come into contact
From this reading “The elder touched his cap.”
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “"To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney."”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields
In this reading “"To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Then why are you here?"
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading The elder touched his cap.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "What did Mr. Courtney tell you to do?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What did Mr. Courtney tell you to do?"
a person who is older than you are
From this reading The elder touched his cap.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Then why are you here?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The elder touched his cap.
if nothing else (“leastwise” is informal and “leastways” is colloquial)
From this reading "Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney."
a woman of refinement
From this reading "Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney."
engage in
From this reading "To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney."
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."
express in words
From this reading "What did Mr. Courtney tell you to do?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The elder touched his cap.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then why are you here?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading "To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What did Mr. Courtney tell you to do?"
having come into contact
From this reading The elder touched his cap.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading "To make good that there stone wall, ma'am."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What did Mr. Courtney tell you to do?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Then why are you here?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, ma'am--leastways for Mr. Courtney."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What did Mr. Courtney tell you to do?"
Chapter 8 of Jill's Red Bag by Alfred E. (Alfred Edward), Sir [Illustrator] Pease holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 8 holds 406 sentences of Jill's Red Bag, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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