Chapter 35 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STEPHENSON. Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please. I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know. (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me. I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
Chapter 35 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “(Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.”
and nothing more
From this reading “I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.”
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading “I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.”
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.”
an area that includes places where several people can sit
From this reading “(Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.”
English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)
From this reading “STEPHENSON.”
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 I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
and nothing more
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
a particular point in time
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
not any; not one
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
and nothing more
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
express in words
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
an area that includes places where several people can sit
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)
From this reading STEPHENSON.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
Chapter 35 of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other by Mark Twain holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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