Chapter 4 of The stories editors buy and why is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The stories editors buy and why is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Well, Uncle, is there any noos?” Noos! What noos should there be? For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham. For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
Chapter 4 of The stories editors buy and why is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.”
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading “For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.”
being ten more than fifty
From this reading “For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.”
the state of being covered with unclean things
From this reading “For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading ““Well, Uncle, is there any noos?””
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In this reading “For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.”
In this reading “For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.”
In this reading “For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “Well, Uncle, is there any noos?”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What noos should there be?
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well, Uncle, is there any noos?”
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, Uncle, is there any noos?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading What noos should there be?
being ten more than fifty
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
oral sex practiced simultaneously by two people
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
the state of being covered with unclean things
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Well, Uncle, is there any noos?”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading For nearly sixty of those years he had bent his back above the soil.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “Well, Uncle, is there any noos?”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, Uncle, is there any noos?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What noos should there be?
a late time of life
From this reading For sixty-nine years he had never lived farther than five miles from Halvesham.
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