Chapter 17 of Square Deal Sanderson is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Square Deal Sanderson is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted: "I just got this. I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it. That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you! Do you know what they've done?"
Chapter 17 of Square Deal Sanderson is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading “I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.”
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!”
patterned with alternating squares of color
From this reading “CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!”
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading “CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.”
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading “CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:”
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:”
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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 CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!
an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
patterned with alternating squares of color
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you know what they've done?"
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Do you know what they've done?"
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "I just got this.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
cause to move by striking
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I just got this.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
and nothing more
From this reading "I just got this.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Do you know what they've done?"
immediately past
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
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From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
above and across; more than
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
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From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
lacking principles or scruples
From this reading That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you know what they've done?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "I just got this.
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Do you know what they've done?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading I made a hit with the Okar agent last week, and he sent a man over with it.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading CHECKED BY THE SYSTEM The engineer waved a yellow paper at Sanderson and shouted:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That's a damned scoundrelly bunch that's working against you!
Chapter 17 of Square Deal Sanderson by Charles Alden Seltzer holds 74 sentences, grouped into 15 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 17 holds 74 sentences of Square Deal Sanderson, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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