Chapter 6 of The Mislaid Uncle is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter 6 of The Mislaid Uncle is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MEMORIES AND MELODIES. “My trunk! my trunk! My darling little blue trunk!” “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy. He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
Chapter 6 of The Mislaid Uncle is here in full — 215 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a special loved one
From this reading “My darling little blue trunk!””
a room where books are kept
From this reading ““Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.”
plural of “melody” — a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading “MEMORIES AND MELODIES.”
Recollections of past events.
From this reading “MEMORIES AND MELODIES.”
a young female
From this reading ““Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.”
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading “He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.”
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading ““My trunk! my trunk!”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MEMORIES AND MELODIES.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading My darling little blue trunk!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
a special loved one
From this reading My darling little blue trunk!”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
a room where books are kept
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading My darling little blue trunk!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
plural of “melody” — a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading MEMORIES AND MELODIES.
Recollections of past events.
From this reading MEMORIES AND MELODIES.
a young female
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My trunk! my trunk!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
successive (without a break)
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
From this reading “My trunk! my trunk!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading He says you done get the pneumony, cuttin’ up that way in the snow, and you not raised in it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Massa Joe says for you to go right straight back to the library, missy.
Chapter 6 of The Mislaid Uncle by Evelyn Raymond holds 215 sentences, grouped into 43 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 6 holds 215 sentences of The Mislaid Uncle, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Mislaid Uncle by Evelyn Raymond exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 215 sentences, grouped into 43 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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