Chapter 14 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Bless me!” said the dog and the cat. “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician? Come along! And that will make four of us--quite a band!” And so they all went along.
Chapter 14 of Worth While Stories for Every Day is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading “And that will make four of us--quite a band!””
give a benediction to
From this reading ““Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.”
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading ““Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading ““Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.”
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading ““Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?”
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading ““Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?”
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading ““Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?”
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading ““Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?”
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.
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
In this reading “Come along!”
cooperate or pretend to cooperate
In this reading “And so they all went along.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
(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 And so they all went along.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Come along!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading And that will make four of us--quite a band!”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
give a benediction to
From this reading “Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come along!
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading And that will make four of us--quite a band!”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
engage in
From this reading And that will make four of us--quite a band!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And that will make four of us--quite a band!”
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading And that will make four of us--quite a band!”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so they all went along.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And that will make four of us--quite a band!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Bless me!” said the dog and the cat.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And so they all went along.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And so they all went along.
at the time that
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And that will make four of us--quite a band!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why be killed when you can go to the city with us and earn your living as a musician?
Chapter 14 of Worth While Stories for Every Day by Lawton B. (Lawton Bryan) [Editor] Evans holds 415 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 14 holds 415 sentences of Worth While Stories for Every Day, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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