Chapter 12 of A Gentleman of Leisure is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of A Gentleman of Leisure is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words. “Gee, boss! There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair. Me coco’s still buzzin’. Sure t’ing!
Chapter 12 of A Gentleman of Leisure is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a container; usually has a lid
From this reading “There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair.”
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading ““Gee, boss!”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading “Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.”
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair.”
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading ““Gee, boss!”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.”
move hurridly
From this reading “Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.”
supplied with a vent or vents for intake of air or discharge of gases
From this reading “Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.”
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.
In this reading “Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.”
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 Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
a container; usually has a lid
From this reading There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair.
a person who exercises control over workers
From this reading “Gee, boss!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Me coco’s still buzzin’.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Me coco’s still buzzin’.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair.
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading “Gee, boss!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Me coco’s still buzzin’.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
move hurridly
From this reading Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
not in physical motion
From this reading Me coco’s still buzzin’.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Sure t’ing!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sure t’ing!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s bin doin’s to-night for fair.
supplied with a vent or vents for intake of air or discharge of gases
From this reading Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Spike’s excitement vented itself in a rush of words.
Chapter 12 of A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse 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 12 holds 412 sentences of A Gentleman of Leisure, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse 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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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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