Chapter 7 of The Spanish farm is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Spanish farm is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What are you doing!” “Got to go, Mamzelle, partee, you know!” “You like a ride, miss? Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added. “Alleman’s coming, you know!”
Chapter 7 of The Spanish farm is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading ““Alleman’s coming, you know!””
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading ““What are you doing!””
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading “Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ““Got to go, Mamzelle, partee, you know!””
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading “Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading ““You like a ride, miss?”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading ““You like a ride, miss?”
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.
rise to one's feet
In this reading “Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.”
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 “You like a ride, miss?
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Alleman’s coming, you know!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “What are you doing!”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “Alleman’s coming, you know!”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “What are you doing!”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Got to go, Mamzelle, partee, you know!”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Got to go, Mamzelle, partee, you know!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “Got to go, Mamzelle, partee, you know!”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “You like a ride, miss?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Got to go, Mamzelle, partee, you know!”
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “You like a ride, miss?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Got to go, Mamzelle, partee, you know!”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “You like a ride, miss?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
carry out
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Got to go, Mamzelle, partee, you know!”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Get up and we’ll take you as far as St. Omer!” his mate added.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What are you doing!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What are you doing!”
Chapter 7 of The Spanish farm by R. H. (Ralph Hale) Mottram holds 499 sentences, grouped into 100 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 7 holds 499 sentences of The Spanish farm, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Spanish farm by R. H. (Ralph Hale) Mottram exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 499 sentences, grouped into 100 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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