Chapter 11 of Antennae is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Antennae is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition. A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style. Wilfred sneered. It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence! By God!
Chapter 11 of Antennae is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
abundant wealth
From this reading “It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!”
(physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
From this reading “A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.”
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading “It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!”
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
From this reading “It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!”
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading “It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!”
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
From this reading “He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.”
unhealthy looking
From this reading “It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!”
past form of “sneer” — express through a scornful smile
From this reading “Wilfred sneered.”
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 “It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!”
In this reading “A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.”
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 A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.
abundant wealth
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
(physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
From this reading A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
(sometimes followed by “of”) having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By God!
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
a social unit living together
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
a boy or man
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading By God!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.
made greater in size or amount or degree
From this reading A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
not any; not one
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
(of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
unhealthy looking
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
past form of “sneer” — express through a scornful smile
From this reading Wilfred sneered.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading A certain increased amplitude appeared in Joe’s style.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He perceived that Joe was aware of him, though he gave no sign of recognition.
which person or people
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wilfred sneered.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It’s nuts to him to have me looking at him, he thought; the fellow of good family who has come to nothing, gazing with sickly envy at the street Arab who has risen to affluence!
Chapter 11 of Antennae by Hulbert Footner holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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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