Chapter 7 of Other Main-Travelled Roads is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Other Main-Travelled Roads is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence. "I know just how you feel. The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it. I thought I'd go crazy. The days seemed forty-eight hours long.
Chapter 7 of Other Main-Travelled Roads is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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terminate
From this reading “She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.”
lacking funds
From this reading “She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.”
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
From this reading “She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “I thought I'd go crazy.”
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.”
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading “She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.”
the season of growth
From this reading “The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.”
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading “She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
terminate
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
lacking funds
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading I thought I'd go crazy.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading The days seemed forty-eight hours long.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading "I know just how you feel.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
being eight more than forty
From this reading The days seemed forty-eight hours long.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I thought I'd go crazy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading The days seemed forty-eight hours long.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I know just how you feel.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know just how you feel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I thought I'd go crazy.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
and nothing more
From this reading "I know just how you feel.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I know just how you feel.
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 The days seemed forty-eight hours long.
under a moral obligation to do something
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
the season of growth
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
be standing; be upright
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought I'd go crazy.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
at the time that
From this reading The first spring when I went back on the farm it seemed as if I couldn't stand it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She broke off, with tears in her eyes, and he was obliged to cough two or three times before he could break the silence.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I know just how you feel.
Chapter 7 of Other Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 7 holds 395 sentences of Other Main-Travelled Roads, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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