Chapter 13 of The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things. The next day was the Sabbath. I was twenty-one that day. Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us. Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
Chapter 13 of The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
From this reading “Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.”
United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
From this reading “Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.”
a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
From this reading “Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.”
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading “Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.”
a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
From this reading “The next day was the Sabbath.”
any activity that is performed alone without assistance
From this reading “Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.”
the adult male singing voice above baritone
From this reading “Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading “I was twenty-one that day.”
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.
In this reading “The next day was the Sabbath.”
In this reading “A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.”
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
In this reading “A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
indicating a lack of maturity
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The next day was the Sabbath.
everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next day was the Sabbath.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
From this reading The next day was the Sabbath.
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
any activity that is performed alone without assistance
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
the adult male singing voice above baritone
From this reading Dave Mead was our tenor, and Bess Anderson at the organ sang alto.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I was twenty-one that day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day was the Sabbath.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
From this reading I was twenty-one that day.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day was the Sabbath.
at the time that
From this reading A MAN'S ESTATE When I became a man I put away childish things.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading Marjie and I sang in the choir, and most of the solo work fell to us.
Chapter 13 of The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter holds 447 sentences, grouped into 90 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.
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