Chapter 9 of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"She won't leave him. Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that! It's nothing but ice here. If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life." "Nonsense, Mrs. Coney!
Chapter 9 of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
From this reading “"Nonsense, Mrs. Coney!”
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “It's nothing but ice here.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “"Nonsense, Mrs. Coney!”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!”
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading “If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."”
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.
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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 If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It's nothing but ice here.
black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
From this reading "Nonsense, Mrs. Coney!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading It's nothing but ice here.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "She won't leave him.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading It's nothing but ice here.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's nothing but ice here.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
go away from a place
From this reading "She won't leave him.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Nonsense, Mrs. Coney!
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading "Nonsense, Mrs. Coney!
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It's nothing but ice here.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She won't leave him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Robert has offered her---- Goodness me, Johnny, don't hurry along like that!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If I were to get a tumble, I might be lamed for life."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She won't leave him.
Chapter 9 of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series by Henry, Mrs. Wood holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 9 holds 404 sentences of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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