Chapter 9 of Tish plays the game is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Tish plays the game is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said. “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night. He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm. But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.” Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
Chapter 9 of Tish plays the game is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.””
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading ““I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.”
lacking funds
From this reading “He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.”
the light of the Moon
From this reading ““I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.”
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
From this reading “Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.””
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.”
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In this reading “Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.”
In this reading “He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.”
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 “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
lacking funds
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
the light of the Moon
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
on one occasion
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
above and across; more than
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
not in physical motion
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But the smell annoyed Emmie, so I had to give it up.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading He turned his car over on his way back into town and broke his arm.
(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 Well, Miss Smith came in for a few minutes, too; she seemed glad to relax for once.
during the time that
From this reading “I was making some right good moonshine myself a while back,” he said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I bought a still, you know, and I gave the doctor some one night.
Chapter 9 of Tish plays the game by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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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