Chapter 13 of Eris is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Eris is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot. They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately. “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan. “Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas. What’s your latest effort, Barry?”
Chapter 13 of Eris is here in full — 348 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
with affection
From this reading “They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.”
-ing form of “attach” — cause to be attached
From this reading “Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.”
following accepted customs and proprieties
From this reading “Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.”
plural of “flea” — any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
From this reading ““Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.”
plural of “genius” — someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading ““Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.”
plural of “hunt” — Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
From this reading ““Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.”
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading “Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.”
informal terms for clothing
From this reading “Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.
with affection
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.
-ing form of “attach” — cause to be attached
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’s your latest effort, Barry?”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
following accepted customs and proprieties
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading What’s your latest effort, Barry?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
plural of “flea” — any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
From this reading “Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.
plural of “genius” — someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading “Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading “Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.
plural of “hunt” — Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
From this reading “Hunting geniuses as a dog hunts fleas.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan.
up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date
From this reading What’s your latest effort, Barry?”
the act of departing
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
not used up
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
informal terms for clothing
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading They had not met in weeks, and they shook hands affectionately.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’s your latest effort, Barry?”
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Annan, leaving the Province Club--one of the remaining threads attaching him to the conventional world--espied Coltfoot.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What are you doing these days, Mike?” inquired Annan.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What’s your latest effort, Barry?”
Chapter 13 of Eris by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers holds 348 sentences, grouped into 70 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 13 holds 348 sentences of Eris, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Eris by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 348 sentences, grouped into 70 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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