Chapter 19 of Mitch Miller is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of Mitch Miller is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Something woke me up. I don't know what. I didn't know where I was at first. There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off. Mitch was sound asleep.
Chapter 19 of Mitch Miller is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
in a state of sleep
From this reading “Mitch was sound asleep.”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “I didn't know where I was at first.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something woke me up.”
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Something woke me up.”
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 There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
in a state of sleep
From this reading Mitch was sound asleep.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I didn't know where I was at first.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I didn't know where I was at first.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't know what.
apart from; not including
From this reading There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I didn't know where I was at first.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't know what.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I don't know what.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Something woke me up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mitch was sound asleep.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something woke me up.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Something woke me up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I didn't know where I was at first.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading There wasn't a sound except a dog barkin' way off.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I don't know what.
in or at the place that
From this reading I didn't know where I was at first.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Something woke me up.
Chapter 19 of Mitch Miller by Edgar Lee Masters holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 19 holds 173 sentences of Mitch Miller, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Mitch Miller by Edgar Lee Masters exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 173 sentences, grouped into 35 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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