Chapter 13 of Mass' George is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of Mass' George is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Leg quite well now?" "No; nor likely to be, Pomp." "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm. Missie Sarah want Mass' George." He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
Chapter 13 of Mass' George is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move towards
From this reading “He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.”
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading “He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.”
past form of “brighten” — make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading “He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.”
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading “He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.”
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “"Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.”
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading “"Leg quite well now?"”
cheap or pretentious or vain display
From this reading “"No; nor likely to be, Pomp."”
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading “Missie Sarah want Mass' George."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
move towards
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "No; nor likely to be, Pomp."
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
past form of “brighten” — make more cheerful through the use of color
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
throw with force or recklessness
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading "Leg quite well now?"
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading "No; nor likely to be, Pomp."
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Missie Sarah want Mass' George."
not any; not one
From this reading "No; nor likely to be, Pomp."
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "No; nor likely to be, Pomp."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Leg quite well now?"
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
cheap or pretentious or vain display
From this reading "No; nor likely to be, Pomp."
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "Leg quite well now?"
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading Missie Sarah want Mass' George."
cut with a saw
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
in the near future
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No; nor likely to be, Pomp."
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
precisely as stated
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Missie Sarah want Mass' George."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
be dressed in
From this reading "Mass' George better wear um in fling like Pomp arm.
(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 "Leg quite well now?"
in or at the place that
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
a Caucasian
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
which person or people
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He took me to where the poor woman lay, very white and exhausted, but she brightened up as soon as she saw me approach, and the black nurse who was attending to her drew back.
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