Chapter 3 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Fur why don't you want to tell, then?" "I--can't, pop!" "Can't! If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't! Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
Chapter 3 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading “"Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"”
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading “If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!”
bulge outward
From this reading “"I--can't, pop!"”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!”
in the near future
From this reading “If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!”
express in words
From this reading “"Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “"Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I--can't, pop!"
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!
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From this reading "Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
From this reading "Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I--can't, pop!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!
gain knowledge or skills
From this reading If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!
engage in
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
bulge outward
From this reading "I--can't, pop!"
precisely, exactly
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
in the near future
From this reading If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!
express in words
From this reading "Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you wasn't sick I 'd soon learn you if you can't!
(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 Now you might as well tell me right aways, fur I'll make you tell me SOME time!"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Fur why don't you want to tell, then?"
Chapter 3 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid by Helen Reimensnyder Martin holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 3 holds 422 sentences of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Tillie, a Mennonite Maid by Helen Reimensnyder Martin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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