Chapter 9 of Exiles: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Exiles: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BEATRICE. Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor. Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly. And then locking it and strapping it. BERTHA.
Chapter 9 of Exiles: A Play in Three Acts is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy
From this reading “BEATRICE.”
the act of locking something up to protect it
From this reading “And then locking it and strapping it.”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.”
with low volume
From this reading “Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.”
muscular and heavily built
From this reading “And then locking it and strapping it.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.”
the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
From this reading “Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.”
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.
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then locking it and strapping it.
the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy
From this reading BEATRICE.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BERTHA.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And then locking it and strapping it.
the act of locking something up to protect it
From this reading And then locking it and strapping it.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
and nothing more
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
with low volume
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
muscular and heavily built
From this reading And then locking it and strapping it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
a small overnight bag for short trips
From this reading Only the noise of his valise being pulled along the floor.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
From this reading Then I heard him walking about his room, whistling softly.
Chapter 9 of Exiles: A Play in Three Acts by James Joyce holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 9 holds 414 sentences of Exiles: A Play in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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