Chapter 5 of Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness. Bill's going to fix me up. There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out." "Sure?" "Sure, Goldie."
Chapter 5 of Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Bill's going to fix me up.”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “Bill's going to fix me up.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."”
put a harness
From this reading “"I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.”
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading “"I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “"I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.”
very bad
From this reading “There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “"I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.”
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In this reading “"I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.”
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
In this reading “"I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
possessive form of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill's going to fix me up.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading Bill's going to fix me up.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
the act of departing
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sure, Goldie."
put a harness
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Bill's going to fix me up.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."
very bad
From this reading There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "Sure?"
carry out
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There ain't nothin' in this rotten game, and I'm going to get out."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Bill's going to fix me up.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "I'm going to take a shipping-room job next week, honey, and get back in harness.
Chapter 5 of Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 410 sentences of Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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