Chapter 5 of The Man Next Door is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Man Next Door is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'm just going to," says he. "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds. What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?" Say, he was a sassy one! "Since you ast me, I'll tell you.
Chapter 5 of The Man Next Door is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “"You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.”
rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
From this reading “What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"”
permission to do something
From this reading “"You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"”
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “"You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"”
improperly forward or bold
From this reading “Say, he was a sassy one!”
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading “What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"”
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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 Say, he was a sassy one!
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
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From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
(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 What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"
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From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
From this reading What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"
permission to do something
From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
the act of departing
From this reading "I'm just going to," says he.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm just going to," says he.
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From this reading "Since you ast me, I'll tell you.
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From this reading "I'm just going to," says he.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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and nothing more
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the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Since you ast me, I'll tell you.
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From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Say, he was a sassy one!
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"
improperly forward or bold
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express in words
From this reading Say, he was a sassy one!
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
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from a time in the past until now
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express in words
From this reading "Since you ast me, I'll tell you.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'm just going to," says he.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Say, he was a sassy one!
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From this reading What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading What's all that rock and brick doing up in the yard?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You ain't ast my consent about mussing up my flower beds.
Chapter 5 of The Man Next Door by Emerson Hough holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 5 holds 412 sentences of The Man Next Door, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Man Next Door by Emerson Hough exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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