Chapter XIV of Snagged and Sunk, “The Guide “Surrounds” Matt‘s Camp,” is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIV
Chapter XIV of Snagged and Sunk, “The Guide “Surrounds” Matt‘s Camp,” is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face. “It’s hickory an’ it’ll cut. Whew! I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong. Now, then, where is it?
Chapter XIV of Snagged and Sunk, “The Guide “Surrounds” Matt‘s Camp,” is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading ““It’s hickory an’ it’ll cut.”
very lively and profitable
From this reading ““How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.”
valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
From this reading ““It’s hickory an’ it’ll cut.”
set down according to a plan
From this reading “I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading ““How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading ““How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.”
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading ““How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.”
plural of “switch” — control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
From this reading ““How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.”
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.
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “It’s hickory an’ it’ll cut.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “It’s hickory an’ it’ll cut.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
very lively and profitable
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
From this reading “It’s hickory an’ it’ll cut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now, then, where is it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s hickory an’ it’ll cut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s hickory an’ it’ll cut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
set down according to a plan
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, then, where is it?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
plural of “switch” — control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Now, then, where is it?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
at the time that
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
in or at the place that
From this reading Now, then, where is it?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whew!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I don’t like to think how it will cut when it’s laid on good and strong.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How do you like the looks of _them_?” said Matt Coyle, picking up one of the switches and flourishing it before Joe’s face.
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