Chapter 6 of Dubliners is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Dubliners is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again. He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall. Then he turned into Dame Street. At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them. He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
Chapter 6 of Dubliners is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.”
carry on a conversation
From this reading “At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.”
informal terms for a (young) woman
From this reading “Then he turned into Dame Street.”
possessive form of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading “He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.”
do one's shopping
From this reading “He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.”
migratory
From this reading “He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.”
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anew
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
(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 He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
carry on a conversation
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
informal terms for a (young) woman
From this reading Then he turned into Dame Street.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
possessive form of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
a young female
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
an English coin worth half a penny
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
do one's shopping
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he turned into Dame Street.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
in the direction of
From this reading He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Then he turned into Dame Street.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
migratory
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
Chapter 6 of Dubliners by James Joyce holds 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Chapter 6 holds 206 sentences of Dubliners, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Dubliners by James Joyce exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
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