Chapter 20 of Tom Slade Picks a Winner is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Tom Slade Picks a Winner is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually. He seemed to take Wilfred for granted. He did not allude to the difficulty of crossing the street. “I want to get my check,” he said. “Yes, where is it?”
Chapter 20 of Tom Slade Picks a Winner is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading “ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.”
make a more or less disguised reference to
From this reading “He did not allude to the difficulty of crossing the street.”
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading ““I want to get my check,” he said.”
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
From this reading “ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “He seemed to take Wilfred for granted.”
not relating to or responsive to individual persons
From this reading “ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.”
apart from others
From this reading “ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.”
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading “ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.”
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a man who is very old
In this reading “ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
make a more or less disguised reference to
From this reading He did not allude to the difficulty of crossing the street.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading “I want to get my check,” he said.
traveling across
From this reading He did not allude to the difficulty of crossing the street.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not allude to the difficulty of crossing the street.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading He did not allude to the difficulty of crossing the street.
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He seemed to take Wilfred for granted.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I want to get my check,” he said.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading He seemed to take Wilfred for granted.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I want to get my check,” he said.
not relating to or responsive to individual persons
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
apart from others
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Yes, where is it?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, where is it?”
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
used to form the superlative
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I want to get my check,” he said.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He did not allude to the difficulty of crossing the street.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I want to get my check,” he said.
cut with a saw
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He seemed to take Wilfred for granted.
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading He did not allude to the difficulty of crossing the street.
carry out
From this reading He seemed to take Wilfred for granted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He seemed to take Wilfred for granted.
precisely as stated
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “I want to get my check,” he said.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Yes, where is it?”
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From this reading He seemed to take Wilfred for granted.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading ANOTHER PROMISE The old man was very shrunken and feeble and like most aged people he had an impersonal way about him as though he saw the world but not its people individually.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, where is it?”
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