Chapter 10 of Free, and other stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Free, and other stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely. “Yussed let him come some more! Der penitentiary he should haf!” “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe. “He’s Mr. Almerting, the stationer’s boy.
Chapter 10 of Free, and other stories is here in full — 429 sentences across 86 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.
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading ““I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.”
in a free manner
From this reading ““I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.”
the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading ““Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.”
used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
From this reading “Der penitentiary he should haf!””
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading ““I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.”
past form of “roar” — make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
From this reading ““I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.”
Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
From this reading ““Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.”
the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.
From this reading ““I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
(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 fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s Mr. Almerting, the stationer’s boy.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
a youthful male person
From this reading “He’s Mr. Almerting, the stationer’s boy.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Yussed let him come some more!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Der penitentiary he should haf!”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
in a free manner
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Der penitentiary he should haf!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Der penitentiary he should haf!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
the main good female character in a work of fiction
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Yussed let him come some more!
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “Yussed let him come some more!
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “He’s Mr. Almerting, the stationer’s boy.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
From this reading Der penitentiary he should haf!”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
an abject coward
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
past form of “roar” — make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Der penitentiary he should haf!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Yussed let him come some more!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s Mr. Almerting, the stationer’s boy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.
From this reading “I fix him!” roared Rogaum, unloading all his rage now on the recreant lover freely.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, he’s not so bad,” Theresa told her mother, almost a heroine now that she was home and safe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yussed let him come some more!
Chapter 10 of Free, and other stories by Theodore Dreiser holds 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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 10 holds 429 sentences of Free, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Free, and other stories by Theodore Dreiser exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 429 sentences, grouped into 86 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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