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Chapter 21 of The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team. I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day." "All right, Cap," said Sam. "I reckon we can fix you up. How far you goin'?"
Chapter 21 of The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.”
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading “I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “"I reckon we can fix you up.”
United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
From this reading “EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.”
uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
From this reading “EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"I reckon we can fix you up.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.”
an act of traveling by water
From this reading “EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.”
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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 EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
(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 "All right, Cap," said Sam.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "I reckon we can fix you up.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading "All right, Cap," said Sam.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."
half the width of an em
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading How far you goin'?"
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading "I reckon we can fix you up.
United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
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From this reading How far you goin'?"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How far you goin'?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."
uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
above and across; more than
From this reading I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "I reckon we can fix you up.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right, Cap," said Sam.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I'm thinking of driving over south a little way to-day."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I reckon we can fix you up.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading EN VOYAGE "I wish, Sam," said Franklin one morning as he stopped at the door of the livery barn--"I wish that you would get me up a good team.
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