Chapter 34 of The Hoosier Schoolmaster is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of The Hoosier Schoolmaster is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG. "Want to be a school-master, do you? You? Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know? Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
Chapter 34 of The Hoosier Schoolmaster is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “blaze” — a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading “Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.”
attack viciously and ferociously
From this reading “A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?”
a unit of instruction
From this reading “A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.”
having been got the better of
From this reading “Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.”
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading “A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.”
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 A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Want to be a school-master, do you?
plural of “blaze” — a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
attack viciously and ferociously
From this reading A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Want to be a school-master, do you?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
immediately past
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
a unit of instruction
From this reading A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.
having been got the better of
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Want to be a school-master, do you?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Want to be a school-master, do you?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "Want to be a school-master, do you?
(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 Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, the boys have driv off the last two, and licked the one afore them like blazes.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Well, what would _you_ do in Flat Crick deestrick, _I'd_ like to know?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Want to be a school-master, do you?
Chapter 34 of The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston holds 226 sentences, grouped into 46 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 34 holds 226 sentences of The Hoosier Schoolmaster, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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