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Dear Enemy
Dear Enemy

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Dear Enemy is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 10 of Dear Enemy by Jean Webster holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 10 of Dear Enemy contain?

Chapter 10 holds 178 sentences of Dear Enemy, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of Dear Enemy by Jean Webster exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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.

How do I study chapter 10 of Dear Enemy?

Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 36 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.

Can chapter 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 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.

Questions about reading Dear Enemy

Common questions about reading Dear Enemy by Jean Webster on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Dear Enemy?

Yes. All 4150 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #238 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Dear Enemy is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #238, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Dear Enemy take to read?

About 345 minutes of reading across 830 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Dear Enemy

Words and structures a reader meets early in Dear Enemy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

December
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Letter
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Twice
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Amazement
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dear Enemy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Context Illustration Reading 1/36 · 5 lines
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After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.
As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:
"Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"
If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.
Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.
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Dear Enemy

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Dear Enemy is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.
Line 2
As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:
Line 3
"Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"
Line 4
If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.
Line 5
Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.
All words in this reading · 79

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

After

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

ain't

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am

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

an

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

and

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

anything

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

appealing

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

As

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

at

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

behind

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

boy

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

brown

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

can

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

child

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

Christian

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

closed

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

communicate

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

confiding

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

Cy

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

de

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From this reading "Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"

Dear

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

desultory

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

door

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

eyes

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

family

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

five-year

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

for

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

Gee

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From this reading "Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"

go

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

got

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From this reading "Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"

Grier

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

half

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

he

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From this reading "Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"

hell

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From this reading "Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"

him

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

his

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

Home

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Hon

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

hour's

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

I

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

I've

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

If

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

John

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

kind

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

know

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

known

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

least

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

like

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

little

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

McBRIDE

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

mine

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

mug

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From this reading "Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"

murmured

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

never

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

of

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From this reading "Gee! ain't he got de hell of a mug?"

once

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

out

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

Pendletons

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

place

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

please

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

Punch

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

raised

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

rose

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

S

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

smile

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

snails

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

Sup't

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

sweet

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

thankful

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

that

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

the

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

to

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

two

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From this reading Dear Pendletons: I've never known anything like you two snails.

visit

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From this reading After half an hour's desultory visit, the Hon. Cy rose to go.

waited

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

where

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.

with

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From this reading As the door closed behind him (I am at least thankful the child waited for that), Punch raised his appealing brown eyes to mine and murmured, with a confiding smile:

you

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From this reading If you know a kind Christian family where I can place out a sweet little five-year boy, please communicate at once with S. McBRIDE, Sup't John Grier Home.