Chapter 8 of Our Square and the People in It is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Our Square and the People in It is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress. “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess. Her sight ain' good no mo'.” “And the money went for food,” I suggested. “Some.
Chapter 8 of Our Square and the People in It is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 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.
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading ““Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading ““And the money went for food,” I suggested.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading ““Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.”
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading ““Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading ““Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.”
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ““And the money went for food,” I suggested.”
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading ““Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.”
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading ““Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““And the money went for food,” I suggested.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
From this reading Her sight ain' good no mo'.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.
relatively low in price or charging low prices
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “And the money went for food,” I suggested.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “And the money went for food,” I suggested.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Her sight ain' good no mo'.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her sight ain' good no mo'.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “And the money went for food,” I suggested.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading Her sight ain' good no mo'.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “And the money went for food,” I suggested.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.
not any; not one
From this reading Her sight ain' good no mo'.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading “Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Her sight ain' good no mo'.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Some.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “And the money went for food,” I suggested.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “And the money went for food,” I suggested.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “And the money went for food,” I suggested.
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading “Hocked,” wept that sorry and shrunken old negress.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “Gossome cheap trash in deir place to fool my young mist'ess.
Chapter 8 of Our Square and the People in It by Samuel Hopkins Adams holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 8 holds 411 sentences of Our Square and the People in It, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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