Chapter 26 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I offered him more oats. Stablemen were arriving. Bill Slade appeared. “Good mawnin’, Mistah President. How is you this mawnin’?”
Chapter 26 of Voices from the Past is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Bill Slade appeared.”
-ing form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading “Stablemen were arriving.”
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Bill Slade appeared.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading ““Good mawnin’, Mistah President.”
plural of “oat” — annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: “oats”)
From this reading “I offered him more oats.”
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “I offered him more oats.”
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading ““Good mawnin’, Mistah President.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Bill Slade appeared.
-ing form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Stablemen were arriving.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill Slade appeared.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Good mawnin’, Mistah President.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I offered him more oats.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How is you this mawnin’?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I offered him more oats.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How is you this mawnin’?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Good mawnin’, Mistah President.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Good mawnin’, Mistah President.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I offered him more oats.
plural of “oat” — annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: “oats”)
From this reading I offered him more oats.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading I offered him more oats.
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading “Good mawnin’, Mistah President.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bill Slade appeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stablemen were arriving.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading How is you this mawnin’?”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Stablemen were arriving.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How is you this mawnin’?”
Chapter 26 of Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 26 holds 412 sentences of Voices from the Past, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 26 of Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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