Chapter 5 of The Library of Work and Play is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Library of Work and Play is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Now Savage, there's to be no quitting. I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father." "All right, Jay, I'm with you." Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work. A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
Chapter 5 of The Library of Work and Play is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading “A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.”
flow off gradually
From this reading “A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.”
plural of “inch” — a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading “A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.”
United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
From this reading “"All right, Jay, I'm with you."”
under normal conditions
From this reading “A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.”
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading “A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.”
inflected form of “quit” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “"Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.”
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “"Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.”
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 drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
(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 "All right, Jay, I'm with you."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
at or in or to any place
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
a person who is in charge
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
flow off gradually
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All right, Jay, I'm with you."
plural of “inch” — a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
From this reading "All right, Jay, I'm with you."
set down according to a plan
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
not any; not one
From this reading "Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
under normal conditions
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
inflected form of “quit” — put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading "Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right, Jay, I'm with you."
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading "Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Now Savage, there's to be no quitting.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading A drain pipe should be laid ordinarily anywhere from twenty inches to three feet deep.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
at the time that
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "All right, Jay, I'm with you."
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Finally the day came when The Chief and the boys started work.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'd be ashamed of you, at least we can surprise father."
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