Chapter 13 of Lady Luck is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Lady Luck is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Wildcat drove to the livery stable. The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere. At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose. He paid the rent for the mule and wagon. "Heah's fo' bits mo'.
Chapter 13 of Lady Luck is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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half of the terrestrial globe
From this reading “The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.”
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
From this reading “At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.”
uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
From this reading “The Wildcat drove to the livery stable.”
slow and laborious because of weight
From this reading “At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.”
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading “At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.”
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
From this reading “The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.”
a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
From this reading “The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.”
an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
From this reading “The Wildcat drove to the livery stable.”
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.
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the hemisphere to the south of the equator
In this reading “The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.”
on a route to some place
In this reading “The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.”
a high boot made of rubber
In this reading “At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.”
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 At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
next to; at the side of
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "Heah's fo' bits mo'.
plural of “boot” — footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading The Wildcat drove to the livery stable.
half the width of an em
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
From this reading "Heah's fo' bits mo'.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He paid the rent for the mule and wagon.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
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From this reading "Heah's fo' bits mo'.
half of the terrestrial globe
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
From this reading The Wildcat drove to the livery stable.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading "Heah's fo' bits mo'.
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading He paid the rent for the mule and wagon.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading He paid the rent for the mule and wagon.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
slow and laborious because of weight
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
let for money
From this reading He paid the rent for the mule and wagon.
an established line of travel or access
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
very drunk
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading The Wildcat drove to the livery stable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Wildcat drove to the livery stable.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Wildcat drove to the livery stable.
a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
From this reading The Mud Turtle, seated beside him, spent the time en route to the place in scraping the mud from his southern hemisphere.
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading He paid the rent for the mule and wagon.
an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
From this reading The Wildcat drove to the livery stable.
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the livery stable he removed his ponderous rubber boots and sloshed his feet with a hose.
Chapter 13 of Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley holds 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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 13 holds 199 sentences of Lady Luck, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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