Chapter 25 of The Houseboat Book is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 25 of The Houseboat Book is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME LOUISIANA FOLKS. No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country. The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria. No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer. Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.
Chapter 25 of The Houseboat Book is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a town in Louisiana on the Red River
From this reading “The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.”
plural of “desire” — the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading “No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.”
a person or firm that employs workers
From this reading “No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.”
a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
From this reading “SOME LOUISIANA FOLKS.”
a person who fells trees
From this reading “Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.”
plural of “negro” — a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
From this reading “No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.”
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading “No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.”
for a limited time only; not permanently
From this reading “No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.”
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.
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In this reading “The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.”
In this reading “No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.”
In this reading “No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.”
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 No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
a town in Louisiana on the Red River
From this reading The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.
past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.
any person at all
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.
plural of “desire” — the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
characterized by great determination
From this reading Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.
a person or firm that employs workers
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
at any time
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
your parents
From this reading SOME LOUISIANA FOLKS.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.
a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
From this reading SOME LOUISIANA FOLKS.
a person who fells trees
From this reading Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
plural of “negro” — a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
not any; not one
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
on one occasion
From this reading Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading The dead line is seven miles from Alexandria.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME LOUISIANA FOLKS.
for a limited time only; not permanently
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No negroes have ever been allowed to settle in the Catahoula country.
in the company of; together with
From this reading No objection is made if anyone desires to bring a negro servant temporarily into the country, but he must go out with his employer.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Once a lumberman brought negroes in, and determined to work them.
Chapter 25 of The Houseboat Book by W. F. (William Francis) Waugh holds 64 sentences, grouped into 13 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.
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