Chapter 9 of The House with the Green Shutters is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The House with the Green Shutters is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Are ye packit, Peter?" said Gourlay. "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft. "Yes, sir, we're a' ready." "Have the carriers a big load?" "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
Chapter 9 of The House with the Green Shutters is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “carrier” — someone whose employment involves carrying something
From this reading “"Have the carriers a big load?"”
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading “"Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.”
cause to be firmly attached
From this reading “"Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.”
possessive form of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “"Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.”
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading “"Have the carriers a big load?"”
plural of “parcel” — a wrapped container
From this reading “"Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.”
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “"Are ye packit, Peter?" said Gourlay.”
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
From this reading “"Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.”
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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 "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are ye packit, Peter?" said Gourlay.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Have the carriers a big load?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
plural of “carrier” — someone whose employment involves carrying something
From this reading "Have the carriers a big load?"
a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
cause to be firmly attached
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are ye packit, Peter?" said Gourlay.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have the carriers a big load?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
possessive form of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
and nothing more
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
weight to be borne or conveyed
From this reading "Have the carriers a big load?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Are ye packit, Peter?" said Gourlay.
plural of “parcel” — a wrapped container
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading "Are ye packit, Peter?" said Gourlay.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "Yes, sir, we're a' ready."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Are ye packit, Peter?" said Gourlay.
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, sir, we're a' ready."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Andy has just a wheen parcels, but Elshie's as fu' as he can haud.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Are ye packit, Peter?" said Gourlay.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, sir," said Peter Riney, running round to the other side of a cart, to fasten a horse's bellyband to the shaft.
Chapter 9 of The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown holds 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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 9 holds 126 sentences of The House with the Green Shutters, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
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