Chapter 14 of The Crimson Sweater is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Crimson Sweater is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives! ONE NIGHT ONLY!! READ THE NAMES!! _Interlocutor_ MR.
Chapter 14 of The Crimson Sweater is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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several things grouped together or considered as a whole
From this reading “The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!”
the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
From this reading “The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!”
plural of “entertainer” — a person who tries to please or amuse
From this reading “The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!”
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
plural of “minstrel” — a singer of folk songs
From this reading “The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!”
a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
From this reading “OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!”
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
From this reading “OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!”
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
From this reading “The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!”
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.
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In this reading “The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!”
In this reading “READ THE NAMES!!”
In this reading “The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!”
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the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
only a very short time before
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
greatly pleased
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
plural of “entertainer” — a person who tries to please or amuse
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
From this reading _Interlocutor_ MR.
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
and nothing more
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
apprehended with certainty
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
plural of “minstrel” — a singer of folk songs
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
a form of address for a man
From this reading _Interlocutor_ MR.
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading READ THE NAMES!!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
and nothing more
From this reading OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
From this reading OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
From this reading OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading READ THE NAMES!!
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading OVERTURE: "_Uncle Sammy_," ORCHESTRA FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
in or at the place that
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
in the company of; together with
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The World-Famous Aggregation of Senegambian Entertainers known as the Darktown Minstrels, just returned from their Triumphant Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Jersey, where they delighted Royalty and barely escaped with their Lives!
Chapter 14 of The Crimson Sweater by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 20 sentences, grouped into 4 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 14 holds 20 sentences of The Crimson Sweater, unabridged, divided into 4 reading sections.
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