Chapter 9 of Dust is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Dust is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically. “What a perfectly gorgeous car! I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.” They laughed happily together. “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
Chapter 9 of Dust is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a self-satisfied manner
From this reading ““It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.”
in an ecstatic manner
From this reading ““Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.”
plural of “farmer” — a person who operates a farm
From this reading “I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.””
plural of “ford” — United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading “I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.””
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading ““Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.”
dazzlingly beautiful
From this reading ““What a perfectly gorgeous car!”
in a joyous manner
From this reading “They laughed happily together.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading ““Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.”
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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 “What a perfectly gorgeous car!
inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
(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 I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “What a perfectly gorgeous car!
in a self-satisfied manner
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
in an ecstatic manner
From this reading “Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.
plural of “farmer” — a person who operates a farm
From this reading I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
plural of “ford” — United States film maker (1896-1973)
From this reading I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.
dazzlingly beautiful
From this reading “What a perfectly gorgeous car!
in a joyous manner
From this reading They laughed happily together.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading They laughed happily together.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.
the local environment
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “What a perfectly gorgeous car!
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.
required or under orders
From this reading I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “It's the best in these parts,” he admitted complacently.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They laughed happily together.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading They laughed happily together.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “Oh, Uncle Martin,” gasped Rose ecstatically.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I thought all farmers were supposed to have Fords.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a perfectly gorgeous car!
Chapter 9 of Dust by E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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 9 holds 195 sentences of Dust, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Dust by E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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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About 234 minutes of reading across 562 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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