Chapter 4 of The Coming of Cassidy—And the Others is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Coming of Cassidy—And the Others is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience. "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph. "This here store is th’ best place. An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything." Jimmy nodded.
Chapter 4 of The Coming of Cassidy—And the Others is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading “Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.”
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading “Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.”
informal terms for a meal
From this reading “An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."”
a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
From this reading “Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “Jimmy nodded.”
past form of “scowl” — frown with displeasure
From this reading “Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.”
past form of “scratch” — cause friction
From this reading “Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.”
furnished with more than enough
From this reading “An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."”
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 “"They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.”
In this reading “"This here store is th’ best place.”
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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 Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading "This here store is th’ best place.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939)
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
informal terms for a meal
From this reading An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "This here store is th’ best place.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This here store is th’ best place.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading Jimmy nodded.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Jimmy nodded.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "This here store is th’ best place.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
past form of “scowl” — frown with displeasure
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
past form of “scratch” — cause friction
From this reading Carter scowled, scratched his head and made a gesture of impatience.
furnished with more than enough
From this reading An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading "This here store is th’ best place.
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading "This here store is th’ best place.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This here store is th’ best place.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading An’, besides, it’s all stocked with water an’ grub, an’ everything."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "They ain’t big enough to hold us all," he replied, with triumph.
Chapter 4 of The Coming of Cassidy—And the Others by Clarence Edward Mulford holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 4 holds 404 sentences of The Coming of Cassidy—And the Others, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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