Chapter 13 of Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
* * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language? Are you the manager here or am I? _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager. _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot? * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
Chapter 13 of Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a theatrical performer
From this reading “* * * "Pa, what's an actor?"”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “_The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?”
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading “_The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?”
a person of subnormal intelligence
From this reading “_The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?”
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “* * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?”
someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading “Are you the manager here or am I?”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “_The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?”
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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 _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
a theatrical performer
From this reading * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.
a person of subnormal intelligence
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Jones:_ I know I'm not the manager.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Are you the manager here or am I?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
precisely as stated
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * "Pa, what's an actor?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading * * * _Boss:_ What do you mean by such language?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Boss:_ Very well, then, if you're not the manager, why do you talk like a blamed idiot?
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