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Chapter 1 of The World for Sale, Complete is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Great Scott, look at her! She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon. "She ain't such a fool as all that. Why, no one ever done it alone. Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
Chapter 1 of The World for Sale, Complete is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading “Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “"She ain't such a fool as all that.”
an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
From this reading “She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.”
possessive form of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.”
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading “"Great Scott, look at her!”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.”
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 "She ain't such a fool as all that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She ain't such a fool as all that.
(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 ain't such a fool as all that.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Why, no one ever done it alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "She ain't such a fool as all that.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Great Scott, look at her!
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Why, no one ever done it alone.
a quad with a square body
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
at any time
From this reading Why, no one ever done it alone.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading "She ain't such a fool as all that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "Great Scott, look at her!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Great Scott, look at her!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why, no one ever done it alone.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Great Scott, look at her!
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
not any; not one
From this reading Why, no one ever done it alone.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Why, no one ever done it alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
possessive form of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading "Great Scott, look at her!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She ain't such a fool as all that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "She ain't such a fool as all that.
carry out
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "She ain't such a fool as all that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading She's goin' to try and take 'em!" exclaimed Osterhaut, the Jack-of-all-trades at Lebanon.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
at the time that
From this reading Low water, too, when every rock's got its chance at the canoe.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, no one ever done it alone.
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