Chapter 9 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
6. However, there's one comfort; it can't last long. I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while. Ha! you may laugh! And I dare say you would laugh!
Chapter 9 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading “However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “And I dare say you would laugh!”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “Ha! you may laugh!”
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading “I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.”
a source of difficulty
From this reading “I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.”
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading “I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.”
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From this reading 6.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
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From this reading However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading And I dare say you would laugh!
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading Ha! you may laugh!
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And I dare say you would laugh!
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From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.
immediately past
From this reading However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Ha! you may laugh!
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 However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Ha! you may laugh!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.
express in words
From this reading And I dare say you would laugh!
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From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading However, there's one comfort; it can't last long.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
a source of difficulty
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
during the time that
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And I dare say you would laugh!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'm worn to death with your temper, and sha'n't trouble you a great while.
Chapter 9 of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 9 holds 397 sentences of McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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