Chapter 22 of Mitch Miller is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Mitch Miller is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there. It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing. Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me. His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet. Then the judge came and my pa and court was opened.
Chapter 22 of Mitch Miller is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.”
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.”
(of hair) made tidy with a comb
From this reading “His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.”
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading “I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.”
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading “Then the judge came and my pa and court was opened.”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.”
a slippery smoothness
From this reading “His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.”
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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 I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me.
(of hair) made tidy with a comb
From this reading His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.
only a very short time before
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading Then the judge came and my pa and court was opened.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then the judge came and my pa and court was opened.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
and nothing more
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Then the judge came and my pa and court was opened.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Then the judge came and my pa and court was opened.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me.
a slippery smoothness
From this reading His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.
in the near future
From this reading Pretty soon Mitch came in and set by me.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
used as intensifiers
From this reading His hair was combed slick, and he acted terribly quiet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the judge came and my pa and court was opened.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
a special situation
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading It was awful interestin' now, and I couldn't keep away or hardly wait for the next thing.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I got back to the court room about ten minutes to one and only a few was there.
Chapter 22 of Mitch Miller by Edgar Lee Masters holds 231 sentences, grouped into 47 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.
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