Chapter 5 of The blind bow-boy is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The blind bow-boy is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Kalter Aufschnitt! Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people! Can he get some ham? Zimbule demanded hopefully. Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
Chapter 5 of The blind bow-boy is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading “Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!”
greatly pleased
From this reading “Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!”
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading “Zimbule demanded hopefully.”
take in solid food
From this reading “Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.”
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading “Can he get some ham?”
with hope; in a hopeful manner
From this reading “Zimbule demanded hopefully.”
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading “Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!”
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading “Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!”
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.
In this reading “Can he get some ham?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
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From this reading Kalter Aufschnitt!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can he get some ham?
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
greatly pleased
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Zimbule demanded hopefully.
take in solid food
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Can he get some ham?
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading Can he get some ham?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Can he get some ham?
with hope; in a hopeful manner
From this reading Zimbule demanded hopefully.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
and nothing more
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kalter Aufschnitt!
not any; not one
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Can he get some ham?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
a special situation
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading Just the thing! cried Campaspe, delighted, and no danger of seeing vulgar people!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yes, and you will be ready to eat it then.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Zimbule demanded hopefully.
Chapter 5 of The blind bow-boy by Carl Van Vechten holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 407 sentences of The blind bow-boy, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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