Chapter 24 of Main-Travelled Roads is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of Main-Travelled Roads is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Neither spoke for some time. At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?" "No--not till I get a-ready. You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business. Don't stan' there an' ketch cold."
Chapter 24 of Main-Travelled Roads is here in full — 234 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “Don't stan' there an' ketch cold."”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"”
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
From this reading “Don't stan' there an' ketch cold."”
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading “At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Neither spoke for some time.”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “Neither spoke for some time.”
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
From this reading “You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No--not till I get a-ready.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Don't stan' there an' ketch cold."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't stan' there an' ketch cold."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Neither spoke for some time.
in a gradual manner
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "No--not till I get a-ready.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No--not till I get a-ready.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
From this reading Don't stan' there an' ketch cold."
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither spoke for some time.
not any; not one
From this reading "No--not till I get a-ready.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "No--not till I get a-ready.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Neither spoke for some time.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Neither spoke for some time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't stan' there an' ketch cold."
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
From this reading You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Don't stan' there an' ketch cold."
up to a particular time
From this reading "No--not till I get a-ready.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Neither spoke for some time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You go 'long an' tend to y'r own business.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At length she said more gently, "Ain't you comin' in?"
Chapter 24 of Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland holds 234 sentences, grouped into 47 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 24 holds 234 sentences of Main-Travelled Roads, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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