Chapter 6 of Somewhere in Red Gap is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Somewhere in Red Gap is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'Oh,' says Angus. 'In that case don't let him have it. If the shark offers that it'll be worth more. I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.' "He did so.
Chapter 6 of Somewhere in Red Gap is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
From this reading “"'Oh,' says Angus.”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'”
an occurrence of something
From this reading “'In that case don't let him have it.”
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
From this reading “I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'”
plural of “offer” — the verbal act of offering
From this reading “If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.”
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading “If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.”
a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
From this reading “I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women
From this reading "'Oh,' says Angus.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
an occurrence of something
From this reading 'In that case don't let him have it.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "He did so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'In that case don't let him have it.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'In that case don't let him have it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He did so.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'In that case don't let him have it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'In that case don't let him have it.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'In that case don't let him have it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading 'In that case don't let him have it.
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
plural of “offer” — the verbal act of offering
From this reading If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "'Oh,' says Angus.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "'Oh,' says Angus.
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
From this reading If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "He did so.
in the near future
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'In that case don't let him have it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)
From this reading I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.'
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading If the shark offers that it'll be worth more.
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