Chapter 7 of The Girl of the Golden West is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Girl of the Golden West is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why not? Why, that's all right! The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after. There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed." And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
Chapter 7 of The Girl of the Golden West is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a rapid active commotion
From this reading “And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.”
plural of “cover” — a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
From this reading “And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.”
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
From this reading “The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.”
an act of being a tenant or occupant
From this reading “And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.”
a full supply
From this reading “There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.”
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading “And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.”
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."”
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a rapid active commotion
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
later than; following
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
(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 Why, that's all right!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
plural of “cover” — a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
a young female
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
engage in
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
not any; not one
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why not?
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
an act of being a tenant or occupant
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
above and across; more than
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
a full supply
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Why, that's all right!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, that's all right!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The boys'll come up an' dig us out to-morrow or day after.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why not?
in the company of; together with
From this reading And with no more ado than that, the Girl went over to the bed to remove the covers and make it ready for his occupancy.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There's plenty o' wood an' you can have my bed."
Chapter 7 of The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 7 holds 424 sentences of The Girl of the Golden West, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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