Chapter 6 of Shifting For Himself is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Shifting For Himself is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW GILBERT GOT ON. When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship. “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room. “I’m going out.” “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
Chapter 6 of Shifting For Himself is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the state of being with someone
From this reading “When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.”
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading “When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.”
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading “HOW GILBERT GOT ON.”
the act of departing
From this reading ““Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.”
by chance
From this reading ““Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading ““Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.”
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ““Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.”
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.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
the state of being with someone
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
set up or found
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading HOW GILBERT GOT ON.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
the act of departing
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading HOW GILBERT GOT ON.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW GILBERT GOT ON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m going out.”
the act of departing
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HOW GILBERT GOT ON.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “I’m going out.”
above and across; more than
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
at the time that
From this reading When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Perhaps Gilbert may like to go with you,” suggested Mr. Briggs.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
Chapter 6 of Shifting For Himself by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 122 sentences, grouped into 25 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.
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