Chapter 11 of One Basket is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of One Basket is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only. An' he sent a dispatch to the farm. Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now? And then he's only got an hour more. They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.
Chapter 11 of One Basket is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.”
past form of “demobilize” — release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
From this reading “They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.”
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
From this reading “"He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.”
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading “An' he sent a dispatch to the farm.”
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “An' he sent a dispatch to the farm.”
let have
From this reading “They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.”
the literary culture
From this reading “Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?”
the day immediately before today
From this reading “"He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.”
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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 An' he sent a dispatch to the farm.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An' he sent a dispatch to the farm.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then he's only got an hour more.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
past form of “demobilize” — release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
From this reading They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
send away towards a designated goal
From this reading An' he sent a dispatch to the farm.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading An' he sent a dispatch to the farm.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And then he's only got an hour more.
let have
From this reading They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And then he's only got an hour more.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading And then he's only got an hour more.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
the literary culture
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading And then he's only got an hour more.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
and nothing more
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading An' he sent a dispatch to the farm.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An' he sent a dispatch to the farm.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then he's only got an hour more.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They got to go to Camp Grant to be, now, demobilized.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
the day immediately before today
From this reading "He come in to--what's that place, Dike?--Hoboken--yesterday only.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Can't you read our letters, Dike, that you didn't know we was here now?
Chapter 11 of One Basket by Edna Ferber holds 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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 11 holds 230 sentences of One Basket, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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