Chapter 15 of Dust is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Dust is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank. He's two coupons behind in his interest. I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn. Watch him--he's treacherous. He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
Chapter 15 of Dust is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
From this reading “I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.”
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading “I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.”
plural of “coupon” — a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed
From this reading “He's two coupons behind in his interest.”
a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
From this reading ““Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.”
to go stealthily or furtively
From this reading “He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.”
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
From this reading “He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.”
United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967)
From this reading ““Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.”
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
From this reading “Watch him--he's treacherous.”
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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 I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
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From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
for the reason that
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He's two coupons behind in his interest.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
plural of “coupon” — a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed
From this reading He's two coupons behind in his interest.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
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From this reading He's two coupons behind in his interest.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He's two coupons behind in his interest.
ten 10s
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading He's two coupons behind in his interest.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I made him give me a chattel on his growing corn.
to go stealthily or furtively
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
being seven more than thirty
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967)
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
From this reading Watch him--he's treacherous.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading He's two coupons behind in his interest.
look attentively
From this reading Watch him--he's treacherous.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Alex Tracy, four miles north--” “You'll find my mortgage for thirty-seven hundred in my box at the bank.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
Chapter 15 of Dust by E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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 15 holds 187 sentences of Dust, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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