Chapter 5 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time... "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more. "Ah know it is. Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek.... Well?
Chapter 5 of The Post-Girl is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...”
agreement of results or opinions
From this reading “"Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “"Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....”
carry with difficulty
From this reading “Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....”
domestic swine
From this reading “Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....”
indecision in speech or action
From this reading “Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...”
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading “Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...”
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.
anew
In this reading “"Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.”
In this reading “Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...”
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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 Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ah know it is.
(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 "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....
agreement of results or opinions
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Ah know it is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Ah know it is.
carry with difficulty
From this reading Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
not any; not one
From this reading Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....
on one occasion
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
domestic swine
From this reading Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Ye ’ve gotten right pig by t’ lug, an’ no mistek....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
indecision in speech or action
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
(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 Well?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
at the time that
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
the words that are spoken
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading Whereupon Pam wrought with her wavering brother a second time...
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Ay; it ’s all right what ye ’ve telt me," he said, in deep-hearted concurrence, when her words drew to an end once more.
Chapter 5 of The Post-Girl by Edward Charles Booth holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 404 sentences of The Post-Girl, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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