Chapter 8 of The Bread-winners: A Social Study is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Bread-winners: A Social Study is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I wanted to see him. I think a heap of Sam." "So do I. Sam is a good fellow." "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours." "Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.
Chapter 8 of The Bread-winners: A Social Study is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an old word for “between”
From this reading “"Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “"Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “"Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."”
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading “I think a heap of Sam."”
past form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading “"Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “I think a heap of Sam."”
the husband of your daughter
From this reading “"Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “"Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."”
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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 I think a heap of Sam."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
an old word for “between”
From this reading "Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "So do I. Sam is a good fellow."
accept an excuse for
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
a boy or man
From this reading "So do I. Sam is a good fellow."
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
the act of departing
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "So do I. Sam is a good fellow."
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading I think a heap of Sam."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I wanted to see him.
past form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading "Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I wanted to see him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "So do I. Sam is a good fellow."
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I think a heap of Sam."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.
on one occasion
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading I think a heap of Sam."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I wanted to see him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So do I. Sam is a good fellow."
the husband of your daughter
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think a heap of Sam."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I wanted to see him.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading "I wanted to see him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, betwixt us, Mr. Offitt, I hoped so myself.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading "Excuse my making so free, Mr. Matchin, but I once thought Sam was going to be a son-in-law of yours."
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