Chapter 8 of A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Where you been hiding yourself? I thought you and I were cookies. Well, that's the way with you Johns. But there's enough to go around, you can bet. Say boy!
Chapter 8 of A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “But there's enough to go around, you can bet.”
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading “But there's enough to go around, you can bet.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Say boy!”
plural of “cooky” — the cook on a ranch or at a camp
From this reading “I thought you and I were cookies.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “But there's enough to go around, you can bet.”
the activity of keeping something secret
From this reading “"Where you been hiding yourself?”
United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)
From this reading “Well, that's the way with you Johns.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"Where you been hiding yourself?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I thought you and I were cookies.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading But there's enough to go around, you can bet.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Where you been hiding yourself?
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading But there's enough to go around, you can bet.
a youthful male person
From this reading Say boy!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there's enough to go around, you can bet.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But there's enough to go around, you can bet.
plural of “cooky” — the cook on a ranch or at a camp
From this reading I thought you and I were cookies.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading But there's enough to go around, you can bet.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But there's enough to go around, you can bet.
the activity of keeping something secret
From this reading "Where you been hiding yourself?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought you and I were cookies.
United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)
From this reading Well, that's the way with you Johns.
express in words
From this reading Say boy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, that's the way with you Johns.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, that's the way with you Johns.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there's enough to go around, you can bet.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought you and I were cookies.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But there's enough to go around, you can bet.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Well, that's the way with you Johns.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, that's the way with you Johns.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I thought you and I were cookies.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where you been hiding yourself?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Well, that's the way with you Johns.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where you been hiding yourself?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "Where you been hiding yourself?
Chapter 8 of A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Ben Hecht holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 8 holds 420 sentences of A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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