Chapter 7 of The Golden Chimney: A Boy's Mine is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Golden Chimney: A Boy's Mine is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule. It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben. “That’s easy,” Mundon replied. “One of the sheds’ll do first-rate. He’ll have a box-stall,--same as a racer.”
Chapter 7 of The Golden Chimney: A Boy's Mine is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.”
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.”
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading ““That’s easy,” Mundon replied.”
of the highest quality
From this reading ““One of the sheds’ll do first-rate.”
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading “BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.”
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading “It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.”
someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
From this reading “He’ll have a box-stall,--same as a racer.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.”
In this reading “BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He’ll have a box-stall,--same as a racer.”
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’ll have a box-stall,--same as a racer.”
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “One of the sheds’ll do first-rate.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “That’s easy,” Mundon replied.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
of the highest quality
From this reading “One of the sheds’ll do first-rate.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He’ll have a box-stall,--same as a racer.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’ll have a box-stall,--same as a racer.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
go away from a place
From this reading It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s easy,” Mundon replied.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “One of the sheds’ll do first-rate.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One of the sheds’ll do first-rate.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
someone who drives racing cars at high speeds
From this reading He’ll have a box-stall,--same as a racer.”
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “That’s easy,” Mundon replied.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.
Identical; not different.
From this reading He’ll have a box-stall,--same as a racer.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One of the sheds’ll do first-rate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s easy,” Mundon replied.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading It’s too cold to leave him outside,” said Ben.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BUILDING THE ARASTRA “We’ve got to find a place to keep the mule.
Chapter 7 of The Golden Chimney: A Boy's Mine by Elizabeth Gerberding holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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 224 sentences of The Golden Chimney: A Boy's Mine, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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