Chapter 9 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 9 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work? Why do they work? For what is the money they earn spent? Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive. We all need _food_.
Chapter 9 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.”
possessing life
From this reading “Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.”
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading “For what is the money they earn spent?”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
plural of “industry” — the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading “INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?”
plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
From this reading “INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?”
plural of “occupation” — the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?”
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading “For what is the money they earn spent?”
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
possessing life
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
(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 We all need _food_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Why do they work?
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading For what is the money they earn spent?
a social unit living together
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading We all need _food_.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For what is the money they earn spent?
plural of “industry” — the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For what is the money they earn spent?
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading For what is the money they earn spent?
absolutely essential
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading We all need _food_.
plural of “occupation” — the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading For what is the money they earn spent?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For what is the money they earn spent?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why do they work?
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Think which of these things are absolutely necessary to keep us alive.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We all need _food_.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading For what is the money they earn spent?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why do they work?
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS Which members of your family work?
Chapter 9 of Where We Live A Home Geography by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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.
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