Chapter 25 of Joe Wilson and His Mates is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Joe Wilson and His Mates is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc. Wild. They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches. ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’ ‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.
Chapter 25 of Joe Wilson and His Mates is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.”
not still wet
From this reading “They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.”
a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
From this reading “‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’”
young sheep
From this reading “‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’”
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading “‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.”
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading “They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.”
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading “‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.”
plural of “tuft” — a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
From this reading “They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.”
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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 ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
from one side of something to the other
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
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From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.
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From this reading ‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
not still wet
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
young sheep
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading ‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
not any; not one
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
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 ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading ‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading ‘Oh, the blanky dingoes at the sheep,’ said Mac.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
a source of difficulty
From this reading ‘Theer ain’t no sign o’ cattle theer,’ said the doctor; ‘more likely a ewe in trouble about her lamb.’
plural of “tuft” — a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Wild.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘We’ll go and see, if you like,’ suggested Doc.
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