Chapter 9 of The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What! you are going to guide me, then?" "I'se a gwine to _cure_ you, mass'." "You?" "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you. Come 'long, mass', no time t' be loss."
Chapter 9 of The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
From this reading “"Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.”
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading “"Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “"Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.”
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “"What! you are going to guide me, then?"”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “"Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.”
something that is lost
From this reading “Come 'long, mass', no time t' be loss."”
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading “"I'se a gwine to _cure_ you, mass'."”
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
From this reading “"Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.”
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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'se a gwine to _cure_ you, mass'."
(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 "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "What! you are going to guide me, then?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Come 'long, mass', no time t' be loss."
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come 'long, mass', no time t' be loss."
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading "I'se a gwine to _cure_ you, mass'."
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
the act of departing
From this reading "What! you are going to guide me, then?"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading "What! you are going to guide me, then?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'se a gwine to _cure_ you, mass'."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
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From this reading "I'se a gwine to _cure_ you, mass'."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
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 Come 'long, mass', no time t' be loss."
something that is lost
From this reading Come 'long, mass', no time t' be loss."
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading "I'se a gwine to _cure_ you, mass'."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "What! you are going to guide me, then?"
not any; not one
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
express in words
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "What! you are going to guide me, then?"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Come 'long, mass', no time t' be loss."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What! you are going to guide me, then?"
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What! you are going to guide me, then?"
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Ye, mass'! tell you doctor no good--know nuffin' 't all 'bout it--he kill you--truss Ole Gabe--he cure you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What! you are going to guide me, then?"
Chapter 9 of The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 409 sentences of The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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