Chapter 19 of Wolfville Days is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Wolfville Days is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When the Stage Was Stopped. "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness. "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags. No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money. Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.
Chapter 19 of Wolfville Days is here in full — 289 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “"Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.”
a charred substance
From this reading “"Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.”
a person of subnormal intelligence
From this reading “No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.”
third-person singular of “send” — cause to go somewhere
From this reading “"Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.”
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading “When the Stage Was Stopped.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “When the Stage Was Stopped.”
male cat
From this reading “"Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.”
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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 Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
a man who raises (or tends) cattle
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
a charred substance
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
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From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
a quad with a square body
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
active strength of body or mind
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
a person of subnormal intelligence
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
not any; not one
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
not one, and not any
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
and nothing more
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
third-person singular of “send” — cause to go somewhere
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.
a male human offspring
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading When the Stage Was Stopped.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading When the Stage Was Stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the Stage Was Stopped.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Them Senegambians is shore a pecooliar people.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
male cat
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When the Stage Was Stopped.
at the time that
From this reading When the Stage Was Stopped.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Which I'm waitin' for that black boy Tom to come back; I sends him for my war-bags.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Camp down into that char thar, son," said the Old Cattleman with much heartiness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, I don't need 'em none, only I've got to give this yere imbecile Tom money.
Chapter 19 of Wolfville Days by Alfred Henry Lewis holds 289 sentences, grouped into 58 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 289 sentences of Wolfville Days, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
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