Chapter 9 of The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey. She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she? She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted. Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people. I'll never forget her.
Chapter 9 of The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people.”
completely happy and contented
From this reading “And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.”
a man who has recently been married
From this reading “And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “I'll never forget her.”
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading “And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.”
possessive form of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people.”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
react verbally
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
completely happy and contented
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
a man who has recently been married
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading I'll never forget her.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll never forget her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
possessive form of “lord” — terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I'll never forget her.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Aunt Huldy is the Lord's own people.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the happy bridegroom made blissful answer: "I don't know--or keer--honey.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She can go it on her head for all of us, can't she?
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She give us our chance to get away, and that was all we wanted.
Chapter 9 of The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) by Marshall P. (Marshall Pinckney) [Editor] Wilder holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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 9 holds 375 sentences of The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X), unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) by Marshall P. (Marshall Pinckney) [Editor] Wilder exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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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