Chapter 8 of Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“So he warned you, eh? He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.” “So dat how he know you’s gwine come again. I don’t hafter mind whut he say. I ain’t he nigger.
Chapter 8 of Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a youthful male person
From this reading “He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.””
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading ““So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.”
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.””
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “I don’t hafter mind whut he say.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.””
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading “He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.””
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading “He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.””
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading ““So he warned you, eh?”
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.
In this reading “He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.””
In this reading ““So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading “So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I ain’t he nigger.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
a youthful male person
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t hafter mind whut he say.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So he warned you, eh?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t hafter mind whut he say.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “So he warned you, eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don’t hafter mind whut he say.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading I don’t hafter mind whut he say.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I ain’t he nigger.
express in words
From this reading I don’t hafter mind whut he say.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So he warned you, eh?
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading “So he warned you, eh?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t hafter mind whut he say.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “So he warned you, eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So dat how he know you’s gwine come again.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He was down at the station the day that boy gave me the money for your tobacco.”
Chapter 8 of Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl by Ruby Lorraine Radford holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 8 holds 424 sentences of Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Kitty Carter, Canteen Girl by Ruby Lorraine Radford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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