Chapter 2 of Santa Fé's Partner is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Santa Fé's Partner is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead. "That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am. The one I've been telling you about," he said. "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time. He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
Chapter 2 of Santa Fé's Partner is here in full — 500 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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your parents
From this reading “He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."”
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading “"He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.”
past form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “"That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “"That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am.”
someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
From this reading “He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."”
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading “Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.”
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
From this reading “"He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.”
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.
keep under careful scrutiny
In this reading “He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
later than; following
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
(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 "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
From this reading "That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
at any time
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
your parents
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
and nothing more
From this reading "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.
past form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
a woman of refinement
From this reading "That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading "That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
From this reading "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's our minister, Mr. Charles, ma'am.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "He's just friendly and sociable like that all the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading He looks after the folks in this town closer'n any preacher I ever knowed."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Hill caught on quick and played right up to Santa Fé's lead.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The one I've been telling you about," he said.
Chapter 2 of Santa Fé's Partner by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier holds 500 sentences, grouped into 100 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 2 holds 500 sentences of Santa Fé's Partner, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
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