Chapter 28 of Joe's Luck is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Joe's Luck is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait. The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little. The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up. “I feel holler,” said Joshua. “I never could do much before breakfast.
Chapter 28 of Joe's Luck is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading “The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.”
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading “The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.”
shout out
From this reading ““I feel holler,” said Joshua.”
(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
From this reading ““I feel holler,” said Joshua.”
make longer
From this reading “The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.”
a stock or supply of foods
From this reading “The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.”
without much difficulty
From this reading “The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.”
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
From this reading “JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.”
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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 JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
causing irritation or annoyance
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I never could do much before breakfast.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “I never could do much before breakfast.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I never could do much before breakfast.
chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading “I feel holler,” said Joshua.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
shout out
From this reading “I feel holler,” said Joshua.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I feel holler,” said Joshua.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
From this reading “I feel holler,” said Joshua.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
make longer
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
something that is lost
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “I never could do much before breakfast.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “I never could do much before breakfast.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
and nothing more
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
a stock or supply of foods
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
without much difficulty
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I feel holler,” said Joshua.
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading JOHN CHINAMAN The two friends felt themselves to be in a serious strait.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The loss of their whole stock of provisions could not so readily be made up.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The exchange of horses was annoying, but it would only lengthen their journey a little.
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