Chapter 6 of Humoresque is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Humoresque is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him. "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!" "Wash her face with 'em!" MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once? Do it, if it hurts you.
Chapter 6 of Humoresque is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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traveling across
From this reading “"I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.”
possessive form of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “"Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"”
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
From this reading “"Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"”
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “Do it, if it hurts you.”
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading “MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?”
-ing form of “tilt” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “"I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.”
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading “"I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.”
clean with some chemical process
From this reading “"Wash her face with 'em!"”
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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 "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
exhale hard
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
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From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
traveling across
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do it, if it hurts you.
a quad with a square body
From this reading "Wash her face with 'em!"
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From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "Wash her face with 'em!"
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
a boy or man
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
possessive form of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
a young female
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
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From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading Do it, if it hurts you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Do it, if it hurts you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Do it, if it hurts you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
on one occasion
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
express in words
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
the froth produced by soaps or detergents
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
-ing form of “tilt” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
clean with some chemical process
From this reading "Wash her face with 'em!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm on the water-wagon," she said, essaying to be light of vein, crossing her hands and feet and tilting her glance at him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Wash her face with 'em!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Say, here's a girl won't blow the foam off a fellow's glass for fear she'll get soapsuds in her eyes!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MISS KINEALY: Aw, now, Stella; can't you be a good fellow for once?
Chapter 6 of Humoresque by Fannie Hurst holds 412 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 6 holds 412 sentences of Humoresque, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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