Chapter 33 of The Entailed Hat is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of The Entailed Hat is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VIRGIE'S FLIGHT (_continued_). "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit. "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out. Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well. I have lost her."
Chapter 33 of The Entailed Hat is here in full — 309 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading “"Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.”
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading “VIRGIE'S FLIGHT (_continued_).”
intense and profound fear
From this reading “"Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.”
a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
From this reading “"Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.”
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “"Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.”
any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
From this reading “Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
the two together, not just one
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
a young person of either sex
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
without stop or interruption
From this reading VIRGIE'S FLIGHT (_continued_).
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading VIRGIE'S FLIGHT (_continued_).
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have lost her."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
intense and profound fear
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading I have lost her."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
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From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VIRGIE'S FLIGHT (_continued_).
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
(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 Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
at the time that
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Oh, my pore old wife: she could nurse me so well.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, child, I can walk, I reckon; but both my eyes is burned out.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Can you walk, Hudson?" asked Virgie, when her horror would permit.
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