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Chapter 4 of The Voodoo Gold Trail is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore. Rufe would have none of it. "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs. Hum-n! An' I ain't got no rabbit-fut, nor nuthing."
Chapter 4 of The Voodoo Gold Trail is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading “"Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.”
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From this reading “"Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.”
(Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades
From this reading “"Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.”
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
From this reading “"Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.”
a person who does not acknowledge your god
From this reading “"Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.”
select carefully from a group
From this reading “WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.”
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading “"Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.”
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take and lift upward
In this reading “WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.”
In this reading “WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.”
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
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From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
(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 WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An' I ain't got no rabbit-fut, nor nuthing."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
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From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
(Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading An' I ain't got no rabbit-fut, nor nuthing."
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From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Rufe would have none of it.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
a person who does not acknowledge your god
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
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From this reading Hum-n!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading An' I ain't got no rabbit-fut, nor nuthing."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Rufe would have none of it.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
not any; not one
From this reading An' I ain't got no rabbit-fut, nor nuthing."
not one, and not any
From this reading Rufe would have none of it.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading An' I ain't got no rabbit-fut, nor nuthing."
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From this reading An' I ain't got no rabbit-fut, nor nuthing."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rufe would have none of it.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
select carefully from a group
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An' I ain't got no rabbit-fut, nor nuthing."
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
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From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
express in words
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WE PICK UP THE TRAIL In the morning all but Rufe went to shore.
at the time that
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Rufe would have none of it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say," he said, when Ray offered to remain aboard in his place, "say, you-all, you ain't guine git dis niggah in dat town to be voodooed by dem heathen niggahs.
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