Chapter 8 of Joe Burke's Last Stand is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Joe Burke's Last Stand is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Kate tells me you have a wine store." "Small, yes. But we do all right. People in this country are discovering wine." "Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"
Chapter 8 of Joe Burke's Last Stand is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “People in this country are discovering wine."”
-ing form of “discover” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading “People in this country are discovering wine."”
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “"Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “"Small, yes.”
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading “"Kate tells me you have a wine store."”
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading “"Kate tells me you have a wine store."”
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading “"Kate tells me you have a wine store."”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Small, yes.”
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 "Kate tells me you have a wine store."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading But we do all right.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading People in this country are discovering wine."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But we do all right.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading People in this country are discovering wine."
-ing form of “discover” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading People in this country are discovering wine."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But we do all right.
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Kate tells me you have a wine store."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading People in this country are discovering wine."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Kate tells me you have a wine store."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Kate tells me you have a wine store."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading People in this country are discovering wine."
precisely, exactly
From this reading But we do all right.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Small, yes.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading "Kate tells me you have a wine store."
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading "Kate tells me you have a wine store."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading People in this country are discovering wine."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But we do all right.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading "Kate tells me you have a wine store."
an affirmative
From this reading "Small, yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Kate tells me you have a wine store."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Hey Joe, is this one of your father's?"
Chapter 8 of Joe Burke's Last Stand by John Moncure Wetterau holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 419 sentences of Joe Burke's Last Stand, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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