Chapter 29 of Clayhanger is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Clayhanger is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet. "It's out of the question! They've distrained for seventy-five pounds." "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!" She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
Chapter 29 of Clayhanger is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading “She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.”
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading “They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."”
-ing form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading “"Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “"It's out of the question!”
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading “"I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"”
being five more than seventy
From this reading “They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."”
continuously varying
From this reading “"Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.”
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading “She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
anew
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
a young female
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
ten 10s
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's out of the question!
and nothing more
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It's out of the question!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "It's out of the question!
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
-ing form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading "It's out of the question!
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading "I don't care if they've distrained for seven hundred and seventy-five pounds!"
being five more than seventy
From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
continuously varying
From this reading "Oh!" she cried, pouting, and shifting her feet.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It's out of the question!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They've distrained for seventy-five pounds."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She seemed just like a girl to him again now, in spite of her face and her figure.
Chapter 29 of Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett holds 408 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.
Chapter 29 holds 408 sentences of Clayhanger, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 29 can be played aloud in United States English.
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