Chapter 7 of Torchy As A Pa is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Torchy As A Pa is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit. Perfectly right, too. That's the way we have 'em trained. But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys. If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
Chapter 7 of Torchy As A Pa is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading “But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.”
entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
From this reading “But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.”
approval
From this reading “HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.”
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading “HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.”
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading “But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.”
an electric motor for starting an engine
From this reading “But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.”
declared as fact; explicitly stated
From this reading “But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.”
shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form
From this reading “That's the way we have 'em trained.”
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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 But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
(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 HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
lacking funds
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
approval
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
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From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
a quad with a square body
From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
at any time
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
the act of departing
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
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From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Perfectly right, too.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Perfectly right, too.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
an electric motor for starting an engine
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
declared as fact; explicitly stated
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Perfectly right, too.
shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form
From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
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From this reading HOW THE GARVEYS BROKE IN Course, Vee gives me all the credit.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading That's the way we have 'em trained.
in or at the place that
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
which person or people
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But, as a matter of fact, stated confidential and on the side, it was the little lady herself who pushed the starter button in this affair with the Garveys.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If she hadn't I don't see where it would ever have got going.
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