Chapter 3 of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?" "No, indeed, Joe. But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message." "We're used to hustling, though, old man.
Chapter 3 of The Moving Picture Boys and the Flood is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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quick to understand
From this reading “PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"”
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading “PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"”
past form of “hustle” — cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading “But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."”
-ing form of “hustle” — cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading “"We're used to hustling, though, old man.”
of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call
From this reading “But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."”
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading “But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."”
someone who plays the bagpipe
From this reading “PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."”
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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a message transmitted by telephone
In this reading “But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."”
a man who is very old
In this reading “"We're used to hustling, though, old man.”
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quick to understand
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
past form of “hustle” — cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
-ing form of “hustle” — cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading "We're used to hustling, though, old man.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading "No, indeed, Joe.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, indeed, Joe.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "We're used to hustling, though, old man.
a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, indeed, Joe.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "We're used to hustling, though, old man.
someone who plays the bagpipe
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
from a time in the past until now
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
carry out
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "We're used to hustling, though, old man.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We're used to hustling, though, old man.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading "We're used to hustling, though, old man.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But we certainly have hustled some since we got that long-distance telephone message."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We're used to hustling, though, old man.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading PIPER IS APPREHENSIVE "Well, it didn't take us long; did it, Blake?"
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