Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The guard unbent enough to guess not. "Sho! y' don't say so. Wall, that's curious. Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way. And crowd!
Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
superlative of “big” — above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.”
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading “Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.”
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading “And crowd!”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “Wall, that's curious.”
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading “The guard unbent enough to guess not.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “The guard unbent enough to guess not.”
sing with closed lips
From this reading “Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.”
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And crowd!
superlative of “big” — above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading And crowd!
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Wall, that's curious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sho! y' don't say so.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading The guard unbent enough to guess not.
at any time
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
From this reading The guard unbent enough to guess not.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading The guard unbent enough to guess not.
sing with closed lips
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The guard unbent enough to guess not.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
express in words
From this reading "Sho! y' don't say so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sho! y' don't say so.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Sho! y' don't say so.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wall, that's curious.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The guard unbent enough to guess not.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The guard unbent enough to guess not.
not bent
From this reading The guard unbent enough to guess not.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Wall, that's curious.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Corn palace out to hum was the biggest show ever give out that way.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading "Sho! y' don't say so.
Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family by C. M. (Charles McClellan) Stevens holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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 397 sentences of The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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