Chapter 8 of Lady Baltimore is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Lady Baltimore is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.” “How’s that?” “Why, perfectly! Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.” “You don’t meet it, you don’t meet it!
Chapter 8 of Lady Baltimore is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading “Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.””
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
From this reading ““Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.””
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.””
discontinued temporarily
From this reading ““Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.””
plural of “kill” — the act of terminating a life
From this reading “Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.””
a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
From this reading “Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.””
plural of “offense” — a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
From this reading “Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.””
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading ““Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.””
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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 Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t meet it, you don’t meet it!
the organ of sight
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How’s that?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
discontinued temporarily
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You don’t meet it, you don’t meet it!
plural of “kill” — the act of terminating a life
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
come together
From this reading “You don’t meet it, you don’t meet it!
plural of “offense” — a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
above and across; more than
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Why, perfectly!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “How’s that?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
(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 “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
during the time that
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, perfectly!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, but,” I interrupted, “then you give the coal-heavers the palm for discrimination.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your coal-heaver kills for some offenses, while for lighter ones he--gets a bruise over the left eye.”
Chapter 8 of Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 183 sentences of Lady Baltimore, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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