Chapter 4 of The Water Ghost and Others is here in full — 473 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Water Ghost and Others is here in full — 473 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'Oh, it's all right!' returned Hawley. 'Only I'm sorry! You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.' "'But why?' I asked.
Chapter 4 of The Water Ghost and Others is here in full — 473 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'”
with speed
From this reading “You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “"'Oh, it's all right!' returned Hawley.”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “'Only I'm sorry!”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
(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 "'Oh, it's all right!' returned Hawley.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "'But why?'
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
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From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Oh, it's all right!' returned Hawley.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Only I'm sorry!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Oh, it's all right!' returned Hawley.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "'Oh, it's all right!' returned Hawley.
and nothing more
From this reading 'Only I'm sorry!
with speed
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "'Oh, it's all right!' returned Hawley.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "'Oh, it's all right!' returned Hawley.
express in words
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading 'Only I'm sorry!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
make an effort or attempt
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "'But why?'
in the company of; together with
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You'd better get along home with them as quickly as you can and say nothing; and, above all, don't try to sell them.'
Chapter 4 of The Water Ghost and Others by John Kendrick Bangs holds 473 sentences, grouped into 95 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 4 holds 473 sentences of The Water Ghost and Others, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
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