Chapter 6 of Tin-types taken in the streets of New York is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Tin-types taken in the streets of New York is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat." "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?" "No." "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy." "Hol' on!" the Croak replied.
Chapter 6 of Tin-types taken in the streets of New York is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
From this reading “"You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."”
put or send forth
From this reading “"If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “"You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “"You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “"Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."”
a very small circular shape
From this reading “"Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."”
an engineering university in Cambridge
From this reading “"Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “"Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."”
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From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
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From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
put or send forth
From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
a very small circular shape
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
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From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
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From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
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From this reading "Hol' on!" the Croak replied.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
an engineering university in Cambridge
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
not any; not one
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Hol' on!" the Croak replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Hol' on!" the Croak replied.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
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From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading "If dey vas cast for him, dey don't gount for me, hey?"
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From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You can't," said The Croak, "dey aint no doubt 'bout dat."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Den I vill yust der bolice got und raise der debbil mit dot Poozy."
Chapter 6 of Tin-types taken in the streets of New York by Lemuel Ely Quigg holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
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