Chapter 11 of The Sheriff of Badger is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Sheriff of Badger is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked. "Who? This wife? Oh, over beyond. Not so very far from here.
Chapter 11 of The Sheriff of Badger is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.”
annoy persistently
From this reading “AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.”
on the far side of; further than
From this reading “Oh, over beyond.”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “Not so very far from here.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Not so very far from here.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “This wife?”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
annoy persistently
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Oh, over beyond.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Not so very far from here.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Not so very far from here.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Not so very far from here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not so very far from here.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, over beyond.
above and across; more than
From this reading Oh, over beyond.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Not so very far from here.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This wife?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
precisely as stated
From this reading Not so very far from here.
in or at the place that
From this reading AND HETTY COMES TO BADGER TO LIVE "Where is she?" she asked.
which person or people
From this reading "Who?
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading This wife?
Chapter 11 of The Sheriff of Badger by George Pattullo holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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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