Chapter 12 of Watch Yourself Go By is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Watch Yourself Go By is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Is Pap coming over before we start? If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack. I'm glad you got the gun. I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean. Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
Chapter 12 of Watch Yourself Go By is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
From this reading “If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.”
plural of “doughnut” — a toroidal shape
From this reading “If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.”
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
From this reading “Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.”
United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
From this reading “If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.”
worthless or oversimplified ideas
From this reading “Is Pap coming over before we start?”
hit lightly with a picking motion
From this reading “If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.”
young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
From this reading “I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.”
gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
From this reading “I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.”
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 If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Is Pap coming over before we start?
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Is Pap coming over before we start?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
plural of “doughnut” — a toroidal shape
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading I'm glad you got the gun.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I'm glad you got the gun.
United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948)
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading I'm glad you got the gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm glad you got the gun.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is Pap coming over before we start?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
above and across; more than
From this reading Is Pap coming over before we start?
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
worthless or oversimplified ideas
From this reading Is Pap coming over before we start?
hit lightly with a picking motion
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
a male human offspring
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Is Pap coming over before we start?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Is Pap coming over before we start?
gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
at the time that
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading I wrote Turner Simpson to send you the pup when it was old enough to wean.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If he is, you have Lin bake a peck of doughnuts, put them in the big carpet-sack.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your affectionate son, ALFRED GRIFFITH HATFIELD P. S. Don't forget the doughnuts.
Chapter 12 of Watch Yourself Go By by Al. G. (Alfred Griffith) Field holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 12 holds 401 sentences of Watch Yourself Go By, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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