Chapter 5 of The Fifth Wheel: A Novel is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Fifth Wheel: A Novel is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans! Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion? Couldn't have me! I wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day. House packed with company!
Chapter 5 of The Fifth Wheel: A Novel is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “bandy” — toss or strike a ball back and forth
From this reading “Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?”
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading “THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!”
plural of “morgan” — United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
From this reading “THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!”
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading “House packed with company!”
someone who makes or mends dresses
From this reading “I wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day.”
not important
From this reading “THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!”
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading “THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!”
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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 wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
inflected form of “bandy” — toss or strike a ball back and forth
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading House packed with company!
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From this reading Couldn't have me!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Couldn't have me!
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading House packed with company!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Couldn't have me!
plural of “morgan” — United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
From this reading THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day.
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading House packed with company!
someone who makes or mends dresses
From this reading I wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
not important
From this reading THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who was I to be bandied about in such fashion?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I wasn't a seamstress who went out by the day.
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!
which person or people
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in the company of; together with
From this reading THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL Better stay with the Morgans!
Chapter 5 of The Fifth Wheel: A Novel by Olive Higgins Prouty holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 175 sentences of The Fifth Wheel: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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