Chapter 4 of An American tragedy, v. 2 is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of An American tragedy, v. 2 is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this. Pine Point Landing, June 10th. CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing? All wytie? It's just glorious up here.
Chapter 4 of An American tragedy, v. 2 is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “accentuate” — to stress, single out as important
From this reading “Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.”
a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
From this reading “CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing?”
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading “Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.”
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading “It's just glorious up here.”
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading “Pine Point Landing, June 10th.”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading “Pine Point Landing, June 10th.”
a coniferous tree
From this reading “Pine Point Landing, June 10th.”
at the same instant
From this reading “Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.”
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.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
In this reading “Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.”
In this reading “Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.”
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From this reading Pine Point Landing, June 10th.
past form of “accentuate” — to stress, single out as important
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
(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 Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
From this reading CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing?
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
having or deserving or conferring glory
From this reading It's just glorious up here.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading It's just glorious up here.
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From this reading CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing?
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From this reading It's just glorious up here.
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading Pine Point Landing, June 10th.
and nothing more
From this reading It's just glorious up here.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading Pine Point Landing, June 10th.
the literary culture
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing?
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From this reading CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
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From this reading CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing?
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From this reading CLYDE MYDIE: How is my pheet phing?
a coniferous tree
From this reading Pine Point Landing, June 10th.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading Pine Point Landing, June 10th.
at the same instant
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It's just glorious up here.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Two letters, which arrived at this time and simultaneously, but accentuated the difficulty of all this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All wytie?
Chapter 4 of An American tragedy, v. 2 by Theodore Dreiser holds 250 sentences, grouped into 50 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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