Chapter 5 of The Deacon is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The Deacon is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=Pete.= I did. I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right. I t'ought yo' wus awake. 'Spect yo' must agone to sleep ag'in. (_MRS.
Chapter 5 of The Deacon is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “I t'ought yo' wus awake.”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.”
a form of address for a married woman
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “'Spect yo' must agone to sleep ag'in.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.”
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading “'Spect yo' must agone to sleep ag'in.”
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From this reading I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.
gone by; or in the past
From this reading 'Spect yo' must agone to sleep ag'in.
(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 I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading I t'ought yo' wus awake.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading =Pete.= I did.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading =Pete.= I did.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading (_MRS.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading 'Spect yo' must agone to sleep ag'in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading =Pete.= I did.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading 'Spect yo' must agone to sleep ag'in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Spect yo' must agone to sleep ag'in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I t'ought yo' wus awake.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Spect yo' must agone to sleep ag'in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I t'ought yo' wus awake.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I called yo' ag'in an' ag'in, an' yo' said, all right.
Chapter 5 of The Deacon by Horace C. Dale holds 399 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 5 holds 399 sentences of The Deacon, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Deacon by Horace C. Dale exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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