Chapter 13 of The Settler is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Settler is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Umph!" Grunt could not convey greater contempt. "Hain’t you got a teacher?" "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children." This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
Chapter 13 of The Settler is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “brat” — a very troublesome child
From this reading “This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"”
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
From this reading “Grunt could not convey greater contempt.”
(of information) make known; pass on
From this reading “Grunt could not convey greater contempt.”
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading “Grunt could not convey greater contempt.”
communicate a disease to
From this reading “This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"”
past form of “snort” — indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
From this reading “This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"”
a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading “"Hain’t you got a teacher?"”
a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
From this reading “This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Hain’t you got a teacher?"
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
plural of “brat” — a very troublesome child
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
From this reading Grunt could not convey greater contempt.
(of information) make known; pass on
From this reading Grunt could not convey greater contempt.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Grunt could not convey greater contempt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Hain’t you got a teacher?"
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading Grunt could not convey greater contempt.
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading Grunt could not convey greater contempt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hain’t you got a teacher?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
communicate a disease to
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
social deportment
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Grunt could not convey greater contempt.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
above and across; more than
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
past form of “snort” — indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading "Hain’t you got a teacher?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Umph!"
in the company of; together with
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, but it’s agreed that she ain’t quite the sort to put over innercent children."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Hain’t you got a teacher?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This time the trustee snorted, "Might infect them brats o’ yourn with her sweet manners, eh?"
Chapter 13 of The Settler by Herman Whitaker holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 13 holds 400 sentences of The Settler, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Settler by Herman Whitaker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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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