Chapter 19 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished. “Papa, let’s carry him into the shade. We’ll cool his hot face and give him water. Our medicine has to make him well. We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
Chapter 19 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “We’ll cool his hot face and give him water.”
past form of “fish” — seek indirectly
From this reading “This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.”
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading “We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.””
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “Our medicine has to make him well.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading ““Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.”
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading “We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.””
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading “We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.””
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading ““Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.”
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In this reading “This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.”
become an adult
In this reading “We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.””
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
a youthful male person
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading We’ll cool his hot face and give him water.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading We’ll cool his hot face and give him water.
past form of “fish” — seek indirectly
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We’ll cool his hot face and give him water.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our medicine has to make him well.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We’ll cool his hot face and give him water.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading We’ll cool his hot face and give him water.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
immediately past
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.
engage in
From this reading Our medicine has to make him well.
take in marriage
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading Our medicine has to make him well.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
an educational institution
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading “Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Papa, let’s carry him into the shade.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading We’ll cool his hot face and give him water.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We need him, to grow up and catch perch and pike, and marry Jenny.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ll cool his hot face and give him water.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
(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 Our medicine has to make him well.
in or at the place that
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
which person or people
From this reading This is our boy, Slade, who walked to school last week and fished where I fished.
Chapter 19 of Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 19 holds 394 sentences of Voices from the Past, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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