Chapter 5 of Real Folks is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Real Folks is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being. There's no place left for it,--because it's all place." "Gracious me, Frank! If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything! I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
Chapter 5 of Real Folks is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading “I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “"Gracious me, Frank!”
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “"Gracious me, Frank!”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."”
the philosophical study of being and knowing
From this reading “I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “"It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.”
move as if through a sieve
From this reading “If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!”
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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 "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading There's no place left for it,--because it's all place."
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
for the reason that
From this reading There's no place left for it,--because it's all place."
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
all things; all of a situation
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There's no place left for it,--because it's all place."
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading "Gracious me, Frank!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
the act of departing
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading "Gracious me, Frank!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no place left for it,--because it's all place."
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading There's no place left for it,--because it's all place."
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
the philosophical study of being and knowing
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
not any; not one
From this reading There's no place left for it,--because it's all place."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading There's no place left for it,--because it's all place."
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
move as if through a sieve
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's no place left for it,--because it's all place."
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading I can't live in metaphysics: I have to live in the things themselves, amongst other people."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It seems to me such a hard-working, getting-ready-to-be, and then not being.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you are going to sift everything so, and get back of everything!
Chapter 5 of Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 5 holds 387 sentences of Real Folks, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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