Chapter 32 of Joseph and His Friend is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Joseph and His Friend is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LETTERS. I. JOSEPH TO PHILIP. CAMP ——, ARIZONA, October 19, 1868. Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter. There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
Chapter 32 of Joseph and His Friend is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
From this reading “CAMP ——, ARIZONA, October 19, 1868.”
investigate scientifically
From this reading “There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.”
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading “I. JOSEPH TO PHILIP.”
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading “CAMP ——, ARIZONA, October 19, 1868.”
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading “I. JOSEPH TO PHILIP.”
a town in central Arizona
From this reading “Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.”
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading “Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.”
possessive form of “wilder” — United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
From this reading “There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.”
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In this reading “Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.”
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From this reading CAMP ——, ARIZONA, October 19, 1868.
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From this reading CAMP ——, ARIZONA, October 19, 1868.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
From this reading CAMP ——, ARIZONA, October 19, 1868.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading CAMP ——, ARIZONA, October 19, 1868.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
dearly loved
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. JOSEPH TO PHILIP.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
investigate scientifically
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)
From this reading I. JOSEPH TO PHILIP.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
the literary culture
From this reading LETTERS.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
a form of address for a man
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
not any; not one
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading CAMP ——, ARIZONA, October 19, 1868.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading I. JOSEPH TO PHILIP.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
a town in central Arizona
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I. JOSEPH TO PHILIP.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
possessive form of “wilder” — United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
From this reading There was, first, Mr. Wilder's interest at ——, the place hard to reach, and the business difficult to investigate.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Since I wrote to you from Prescott, dear Philip, three months have passed, and I have had no certain means of sending you another letter.
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