Chapter 12 of Free Air is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Free Air is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt. "Hel-lo!" said Claire. "How dee do," said Mr. Boltwood. "This is so nice! Where's your car?
Chapter 12 of Free Air is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 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.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “Where's your car?”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.”
plural of “improvement” — a change for the better; progress in development
From this reading “THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.”
fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture
From this reading “THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.”
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading “THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.”
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading “THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “"This is so nice!”
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.”
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 “THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How dee do," said Mr. Boltwood.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Where's your car?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hel-lo!" said Claire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How dee do," said Mr. Boltwood.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "How dee do," said Mr. Boltwood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hel-lo!" said Claire.
an expression of greeting
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How dee do," said Mr. Boltwood.
plural of “improvement” — a change for the better; progress in development
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This is so nice!
fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "How dee do," said Mr. Boltwood.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading "This is so nice!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "This is so nice!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is so nice!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where's your car?
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading THE WONDERS OF NATURE WITH ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS "Hello!" said Milt.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Where's your car?
Chapter 12 of Free Air by Sinclair Lewis holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 12 holds 167 sentences of Free Air, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Free Air by Sinclair Lewis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
Work through the 34 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 34 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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